# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gal-fridman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:01:42.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gal-fridman"
name: "Gal Fridman"
slug: "gal-fridman"
description: "Gal Fridman is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a bronze medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the first of two Israelis athletes to win two Olympic Medals, and the first Olympic Gold medalist in Israeli history. His first name, Gal, means \"wave\" in Hebrew."
tagline: "Israeli windsurfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gal_Fridman_(ISR).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1975-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.69809466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  245
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "fridman_gal"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/isr18"
    handle:    "isr18"
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    title: "Гал Фрідман"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump