# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-knierim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:33:02.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-knierim"
name: "Chris Knierim"
slug: "chris-knierim"
description: "Christopher Knierim is an American former pair skater. With his wife, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, he is a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the figure skating team event, a two-time Four Continents medalist, a three-time Grand Prix medalist, and a three-time U.S. National Champion. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Knierims became the first American pair, and the second pair ever in history, to perform a quad twist at the Olympic Games."
tagline: "American pair figure skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2015_Grand_Prix_of_Figure_Skating_Final_Alexa_Scimeca_Chris_Knierim_IMG_8490_(cropped)_-_Knierim.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1987-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.74996533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "chrisknierim"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chris_knierim/"
    handle:    "chris_knierim"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/671555301"
    handle:    "671555301"
sources:
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    title: "克里斯·尼里姆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knierim"
    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knierim"
    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85"
    title: "کریس نایریم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knierim"
    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knierim"
    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クリス・クニエリム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knierim"
    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knierim"
    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Knierim"
    title: "Chris Knierim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Книрим, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кріс Кнірім"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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