# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/candy-costie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:43:39.072Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/candy-costie"
name: "Candy Costie"
slug: "candy-costie"
description: "Candace (Candy) Costie, known by her married name Candace Costie Merrill since 1995, is an American former synchronized swimming competitor who competed for the University of Arizona, and was a 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold medal winner in the duet event. She later worked as a broadcaster for sporting events, and in real estate development for her husband's Merrill Company."
tagline: "American synchronized swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tracie_Ruiz_and_Candy_Costie_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1963-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.47213866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кенді Кості"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "کندی کاستی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Costie"
    title: "Candy Costie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2936322"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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