Rudy Galindo

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Rudy Galindo figure skating
Rudy Galindo at "Champions On Ice" in Buffalo, New York (2002)
Full name Val Joe Galindo
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 7th September 1969
place of birth San Jose, California
Career
discipline Single run, pair run
Partner Kristi Yamaguchi
Trainer Laura Galindo-Black
End of career 1996
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Edmonton 1996 Men's
 

Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo (born September 7, 1969 in San Jose , California ) is an American figure skater who started in a single run .

Galindo won the men's junior world championship in 1987 . Then he gave up the individual run for a short time to start in pair skating with Kristi Yamaguchi . With her he also won the Junior World Championship in Figure Skating for Sports Couples in 1988 and the US Championships for Sports Couples in 1989 and 1990. The World Championships in 1989 and 1990 they finished in fifth place. His pair skating career ended with the separation from Kristi Yamaguchi in 1990. He then concentrated again on the individual run. In 1996, in front of a home crowd at the San Jose Arena , Rudy Galindo became the US champion , the oldest in the past 50 years. At the world championship in the same year he celebrated his greatest success by winning the bronze medal behind Todd Eldredge and Ilja Kulik .

As a result, Galindo ended his amateur career in the summer of 1996 . After he was diagnosed with HIV and recovered from his hip injury, he continued his professional career on the Tom Collins Tour Champions on Ice.

Rudy Galindo revealed his homosexuality in Christine Brennan's book Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating ( ISBN 0-385-48607-3 ), which appeared shortly after the 1996 USA Championships. In 1997 he published his autobiography "Icebreaker" ( ISBN 0-671-00390-9 ).

Results

Single run

Competition / year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
World championships 3.
Junior World Championships 3. 2. 1.
American championships 5th J 3rd J 3rd J 8th. 10. 11. 8th. 5. 7th 8th. 1.
  • J = juniors

Pair skating

(with Kristi Yamaguchi )

Competition / year 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
World championships 5. 5.
Junior World Championships 5. 3. 1.
American championships 5th J 1st J 5 5. 1. 1.
  • J = juniors

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personal data
SURNAME Galindo, Rudy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Galindo, Val Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH San Jose , California , USA