# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rulon-gardner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:34.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rulon-gardner"
name: "Rulon Gardner"
slug: "rulon-gardner"
description: "Rulon Ellis Gardner is an American retired Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games, defeating Russia's three-time reigning Olympic gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin in the final; Karelin was previously unbeaten for 13 years in international competition. Gardner won a bronze medal at the 2004 Games. In 2010, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member."
tagline: "American wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rulon_Gardner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1971-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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