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Mirjam Melchers

Dutch cyclist
Person human Q457403

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[7]
Date of birth
September 26, 1975
Place of birth
Arnhem
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands[6]
Occupation
sport cyclist, cyclo-cross cyclist
Spouse
Jean-Paul van Poppel[5]
Family name
Melchers[9]
Given name
Mirjam[10]
Height
+175[21]
Mass
+61[22]
Member of sports team
Team Flexpoint, Garmin-Cervélo, A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team, Farm Frites - Hartol, Rabobank Women
On focus list of Wikimedia project
gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[23]
Participant in
2008 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2010 in women's road cycling, 2009 in women's road cycling, 2000 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2001 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2002 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2003 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2004 UCI Women's Road World Cup[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Sport
road bicycle racing[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mirjam Melchers fr Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel it Mirjam Melchers van Poppel it Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel nl Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel ru Мельхерс, Мирьям ru Мирьям Мельхерс
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mirjam Melchers Pijnacker 2007.jpg ↗
CQ Ranking female cyclist ID
2
CycleBase cyclist ID
33339
Cycling Archives cyclist ID
5666
FirstCycling rider ID
100068
Freebase ID
/m/07dg2_
GTAA ID
131582
InterSportStats athlete ID
29668
Olympedia people ID
90452
Prabook ID
2265690
ProCyclingStats cyclist ID
122766
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
me/mirjam-melchers-van-poppel-1
Show all 13 identifiers +1
UCI rider ID
14299

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🔗 Connections
Participant in 8
2008 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2001 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2000 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2002 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2003 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2004 UCI Women's Road World Cup
← Points classification 7
2001 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2000 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2002 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2003 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2004 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2005 Giro d'Italia Femminile, 2005 UCI Women's Road World Cup
Participated in 6
2008 Giro d'Italia Femminile, cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – women's road race, 2005 Giro d'Italia Femminile, 2007 Giro d'Italia Femminile, 2001 Giro d'Italia Femminile, 2004 Giro d'Italia Femminile
← Winner 5
2001 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2000 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2002 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2003 UCI Women's Road World Cup, 2005 UCI Women's Road World Cup
← General classification of race participants 4
cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – women's road race, 2005 Giro d'Italia Femminile, 2001 Giro d'Italia Femminile, 2004 Giro d'Italia Femminile
Member of sports team 3
A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team, Garmin-Cervélo, Farm Frites - Hartol
Occupation 2
sport cyclist, cyclo-cross cyclist
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Given name 1
Mirjam
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Arnhem
Sex or gender 1
female
Sport 1
cycle sport
Spouse 1
Jean-Paul van Poppel
Spouses 1
Jean-Paul van Poppel
← Mountains classification 1
2005 Giro d'Italia Femminile
← Stage classification 1
2001 Giro d'Italia Femminile
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Summary

Mirjam Melchers's place of birth was Arnhem[1]. She was born on September 26, 1975[2]. She worked as a sport cyclist[3] and cyclo-cross cyclist[4].

FAQs

Where was Mirjam Melchers born?

Born in Arnhem[1].

Who was Mirjam Melchers married to?

Mirjam Melchers's spouses include Jean-Paul van Poppel[5].

What did Mirjam Melchers do for work?

Mirjam Melchers worked as sport cyclist[3] and cyclo-cross cyclist[4].

Related Entities

Kingdom of the Netherlands

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  5. [3] ↑ . CQ Ranking. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. 29d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eu', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57984|batch #57984]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 6w ago · Guillaumrs · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → road bicycle racing
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55339|batch #55339]]: replacement of "cycle sport" with "road bicycle racing""
  3. 6w ago · Guillaumrs · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → sport cyclist, cyclo-cross cyclist
    Country of citizenship → Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Occupation → —
    Spouse → Jean-Paul van Poppel
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55334|batch #55334]]: replacement of "cycle sport" with "road bicycle racing": replacement of "cycle sport" with "road bicycle"
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