# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bonnie-st-john
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:13:25.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bonnie-st-john"
name: "Bonnie St. John"
slug: "bonnie-st-john"
description: "Bonnie St. John is an American former Paralympic skier, author, and public speaker. St. John had her right leg amputated below the knee when she was 5 years old. Despite these challenges, she went on to excel as an athlete, a scholar, a mother and a businesswoman. She is the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition as a ski racer, and the first African-American to medal in any paralympic event. St. John earned bronze and silver medals in several alpine skiing events during the 1984 Winter Paralympics. After graduating from Harvard and earning a Rhodes Scholarship, St. John went on to successful corporate career, first in sales with IBM, then as a corporate consultant. She has also written six books, including one each with her daughter Darcy, and her husband, Allen P. Haines."
tagline: "American alpine skier"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1964-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.938733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_St._John"
    title: "Bonnie St. John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_St._John"
    title: "Bonnie St. John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_St._John"
    title: "Bonnie St. John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_St._John"
    title: "Bonnie St. John"
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  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "बोनी सेंट जॉन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_St._John"
    title: "Bonnie St. John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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