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Rudy Galindo

Rudy Galindo
Galindo in 1996
Full nameVal Joe Galindo
Born (1969-09-07) September 7, 1969 (age 55)
San Jose, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachLaura Galindo-Black
Retired1996
Medal record
Men's Figure Skating
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Edmonton Men's singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Kitchener Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 1986 Sarajevo Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Colorado Springs Men's singles
Pairs' Figure skating
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Brisbane Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Kitchener Pairs

Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo (born September 7, 1969) 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.

Career

Galindo began skating with his sister. Although the sport was expensive, his parents were supportive and forwent a chance to buy a house, settling instead for a larger trailer.[1] As a singles career, Galindo won the 1987 World Junior title.[2]

Galindo was paired with Kristi Yamaguchi by his coach, Jim Hulick.[1] They placed 5th on the junior level at the 1985 U.S. Championships and won the junior title in 1986. Hulick died of AIDS-related cancer in 1989.[1] Galindo did not compete in singles in the 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons in order to concentrate on pairs. Galindo and Yamaguchi won the 1988 World Junior title[3] and the U.S. senior championships in 1989 and 1990. Their partnership came to an end in April 1990 when Yamaguchi decided to focus on her singles career.[1] Lacking a partner of Kristi's calibre, Galindo returned to singles competition.[1]

Rudy Galindo's father died of a heart attack in 1993, and his brother, George, died from AIDS in 1994. Another coach, Rick Inglesi, died of AIDS in 1995.[1] Galindo reports in his autobiography that he was grief-stricken and unmotivated by a lack of support from the skating establishment. He took eight months off after the 1995 U.S. Championships.

Galindo stated that the American judges scored his programs lower because they disliked his "unmasculine, balletic-style of skating".[4] Christine Brennan of the Washington Post disagreed, stating that it was because he was not the best skater in the U.S. and predicted that he would never win a U.S. Championships. Figure skater writer Ellyn Kestnbaum states that Brennan must have not been paying attention to Galindo's practices during the 1995 Nationals, when he was ill with asthmatic bronchitis but was one of the best spinners in the competition. He was also the only male skater, other than his competitors Todd Eldredge and Scott Davis, who were practicing the triple Axel-triple toe loop combination jump, one of the most difficult jump combinations in competitive figure skating at the time.[4]

The 1996 national championships were scheduled to take place in his hometown, San Jose.[5] Galindo decided to take advantage of this opportunity to compete in front of his mother, who no longer traveled, and his hometown. He resumed training in September 1995, with his sister Laura as his coach.[1] In January 1996, he won the men's title at the U.S. Championships at the San Jose Arena in a performance that has become legendary in the skating world. He was the oldest male to win this title in 70 years.[1] Kestnbaum calls his programs "two inspired performances".[6] A profile of Galindo appeared in the local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury, and he was included in a monument to San Francisco Bay area skaters dedicated during Nationals, on the basis of his success as a pairs skater. Kestnbaum reports that the national media did not notice him until he won the title, stating that he garnered more attention than skaters like Eldredge and Davis, who had more clean-cut images than Galindo.[7] The press also reported on Galindo's "triumph-over-tragedy human interest angle"[6] of his story, as well as the fact that he was the first Mexican American champion and the first openly-gay U.S. champion.[8] Brennan stated that Galindo deserved the title and should have earned more points in his short program, citing it "as further evidence of the arbitrary and political nature of figure skating judging".[9]

Galindo went on to win a bronze medal at the 1996 World Championships. He performed to Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky for his free skate program,[10] and Franz Biebl's Ave Maria (performed by the Stanford Fleet Street Singers) for his exhibition program.[11] As Kestnbaum states, Galindo was not yet prepared to take on the responsibilities of being a gay role model, so he focused on his training, even though it incured disappointment and hostility from the gay community. After he won the bronze medal at World's, however, he focused on gay issues directly in his skating, including wearing a red scarf in the shape of a large AIDS ribbon around his neck during the Ave Maria program.[12]

Galindo retired from eligible competition in the summer of 1996 and toured with Tom Collins' Champions on Ice. He underwent hip replacement surgery in August 2003 after finishing the season's tour with a broken femur on his left side.[13] After recovering, Galindo continued to tour with COI until it went out of business in 2007. In 2006 he served as a judge on the WE tv series Skating's Next Star, created and produced by Major League Figure Skating and hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi.

Galindo coaches at Solar4America Ice (formerly Sharks Ice at San Jose), the same rink where he trained during his competitive career.[14][15] Among his students is Kristi Yamaguchi's daughter, Emma Hedican.[15]

Galindo was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[14] He was elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in December 2012.[16][17]

Personal life

Galindo is the third child of Jess and Margaret Galindo. He had a brother, George, who was ten years older and who later died of AIDS. His sister Laura is five years older.[1] He is of Mexican descent through his grandparents on his father's side.[1] In 1996 he came out as gay in Christine Brennan's book Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating (ISBN 0-385-48607-3), which was published shortly before he won his national title that year.[15] He is the first openly gay skating champion in the U.S.[1][18][19] His autobiography Icebreaker (ISBN 0-671-00390-9), co-written with Eric Marcus, was published in 1997.

In 1996, after winning the bronze medal at the Worlds Championships, Galindo served as Grand Marshall at a gay pride parade in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was the starter for a gay pride race in New York City, and appeared on the cover of Out magazine.[20] Kestnbaum states, about Galindo: "[He] proved that the American public could embrace a gay skater as a national sports hero".[21] Kestnbaum also reports that other skaters were inspired by Galindo, especially Doug Mattis, who had competed at the U.S. Nationals and was a professional figure skater.[21]

Rudy was very close to his family, especially his father, who made many financial sacrifices to help his son's career. Rudy states in his autobiography, "Icebreaker" that his sister Laura often drove him to practice years before she was old enough to have a driver's license. Laura gave up her career in part to support Rudy. She acted as his coach during the 1996 championship season.

In 2000, Galindo announced he was HIV positive.[15][22][23]

After residing a number of years in Reno, Nevada, Galindo moved back to San Jose, California in 2006.[15]

Competitive highlights

Singles career

International
Event 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Worlds 3rd
Asko/Vienna Cup 1st 1st
Nations Cup 4th
Prague Skate 2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 3rd 2nd 1st
Blue Swords 2nd
Grand Prize SNP 1st
National
U.S. Champ. 1st N. 5th J. 3rd J. 3rd J. 8th 10th 11th 8th 5th 7th 8th 1st
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

Pairs career

(with Kristi Yamaguchi)

International
Event 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
World Champ. 5th 5th
Skate America 5th 2nd
NHK Trophy 3rd 4th
Skate Electric 1st
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 5th 3rd 1st
National
U.S. Champ. 5th J. 1st J. 5th 5th 1st 1st
J. = Junior level

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Swift, E.M. (March 11, 1996). "On A Roll". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  2. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Men" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-24. (9.06 KB)
  3. ^ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Pairs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. (10.5 KB)
  4. ^ a b Kestnbaum, p. 209
  5. ^ Reyes, Raul A. (February 15, 2018). "Champion on ice: Rudy Galindo, figure skating's Latino, LGBT pioneer". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Kestnbaum, p. 210
  7. ^ Kestnbaum, pp. 209—210
  8. ^ Kestnbaum, pp. 210—211
  9. ^ Kestnbaum, p. 211
  10. ^ Rudy Galindo (USA) - 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, Men's Long Program, 9 May 2011, archived from the original on 2021-12-12, retrieved 2015-09-30
  11. ^ Rudy Galindo (USA) - 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, Exhibition Performances, December 2010, archived from the original on 2021-12-12, retrieved 2015-09-30
  12. ^ Kestnbaum, pp. 211—212
  13. ^ "Rudy Galindo Undergoes Hip Surgery". U.S. Figure Skating. August 19, 2003. Archived from the original on December 5, 2003.
  14. ^ a b Elfman, Lois (August 31, 2011). "Galindo to enter San Jose Sports Hall of Fame". Icenetwork. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  15. ^ a b c d e Almond, Elliott (January 30, 2012). "Rudy Galindo is coaching Kristi Yamaguchi's daughter on the ice". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012.
  16. ^ Almond, Elliott (December 17, 2012). "San Jose's Rudy Galindo elected to U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame". Oakland Tribune.
  17. ^ Elfman, Lois (December 19, 2012). "Galindo hits jackpot with hall of fame induction". IceNetwork.
  18. ^ "Rudy Galindo – Queer Silicon Valley". 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  19. ^ "Champion on ice: Rudy Galindo, figure skating's Latino, LGBT pioneer". NBC News. 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  20. ^ "Out Magazine - Rudy Galindo". magazine canteen. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  21. ^ a b Kestnbaum, p. 212
  22. ^ Longman, Jere (2000-04-10). "FIGURE SKATING; Galindo Facing H.I.V. With Candor and Style (Published 2000)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  23. ^ "FIGURE SKATER RUDY GALINDO SAYS HE IS HIV-POSITIVE". Chicago Tribune. 2000-04-05. Retrieved 2023-08-11.

Works

  • Kestnbaum, Ellyn (2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning. Middleton, Connecticut: Wesleyan Publishing Press. ISBN 0-8195-6641-1.

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