# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alain-baxter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:31:34.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alain-baxter"
name: "Alain Baxter"
slug: "alain-baxter"
description: "Alain Baxter is a Scottish former alpine skier who was formerly a professional specialising in the slalom discipline. He is best known for failing a drug test after finishing third in the men's slalom of the 2002 Winter Olympics, resulting in him being controversially stripped of the bronze medal; he would have become the first British person to win an Olympic medal in a skiing event. The use of a nasal inhaler purchased in the US had led to the presence of a banned substance in Baxter's urine. He was allowed to return to competition, although his appeal to have the medal reinstated failed. He competed in FIS events from 1991 to 2009 and became known as \"The Highlander\". In the World Cup events, he achieved eleven top-fifteen finishes and four top-ten results."
tagline: "British alpine skier"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1973-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.18
  momentum:             0.5678233438485805
  historical:           8.745393333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alainbaxter.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%82_%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8)"
    title: "آلان باكستر (متزحلق جبال الألب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آلان باكستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Baxter"
    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Baxter"
    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Baxter"
    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Baxter"
    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Baxter"
    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Baxter"
    title: "Alain Baxter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386650"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump