# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kristi-yamaguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:31.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kristi-yamaguchi"
name: "Kristi Yamaguchi"
slug: "kristi-yamaguchi"
description: "Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist. A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition. As a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, she is the 1988 World Junior champion and a two-time national champion."
tagline: "American figure skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kristi_Yamaguchi_1996.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump