# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudy-galindo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:59.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudy-galindo"
name: "Rudy Galindo"
slug: "rudy-galindo"
description: "Val Joe \"Rudy\" Galindo is an American former competitive figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion, 1987 World Junior Champion, and 1996 World Bronze medalist. As a pairs skater, he competed with Kristi Yamaguchi and was the 1988 World Junior Champion and the 1989 and 1990 U.S. National Champion. He is the first openly gay skating champion in the United States, though US, World and Olympic champion Brian Boitano came out long after his career was over."
tagline: "Figure skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Galindo_rudy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3850509626274066
  historical:           11.39935733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rudyvalgalindo"
    handle:    "rudyvalgalindo"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rudyvalgalindo/"
    handle:    "rudyvalgalindo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0302202"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rudy-galindo.com/"
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    title: "رودي غاليندو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rudy Galindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Galindo"
    title: "Rudy Galindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Galindo"
    title: "Rudy Galindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Galindo"
    title: "Rudy Galindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Galindo"
    title: "Rudy Galindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Galindo"
    title: "Rudy Galindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rudy Galindo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Галиндо, Руди"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Rudy Galindo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump