Gay Olympic swim champ Mark Tewksbury me out 1998 - Outsports

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• EX-OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK FOSTER OUT AS GAY
• SWIMMER MARK FOSTER: 'THE REACTN TO G OUT AS GAY HAS BEEN BRILLIANT. AND I DO HAVE SOMEONE MY LIFE.'
• OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY

EX-OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK FOSTER OUT AS GAY

Mark Foster adms he 'tiptoed around' subject of his sexualy as ex-Team GB Olympic swimmer out as gaySix-time former world champn swimmer Mark Foster has e out as gayThe 47-year-old says he believ he had 'always been tellg half-tths public'Foster has gone on to work as ach, pund, and was on Strictly Come DancgHe says he would have won more his reer if he hadn't shied away om issue Published: 14:51 BST, 27 November 2017 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 27 November 2017. Swimmer Mark Foster felt he had not been te to himself as he 'tiptoed around' issu over his sexualy for so long before g out as 47-year-old six-time world champn, who rried the Great Bra flag at the openg ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Gam Beijg, nfirmed he was gay a wi-rangg terview wh the Guardian, which was published on Monday ma the cisn after believg he had always been 'tellg half-tths public' spe the full support of iends and fay. Former Brish athlete Mark Foster has revealed an terview that he is g out as gayThe ex-world champn, pictured at the Pri of Bra Awards, says he has told 'half-tths'Sce retirg, Foster - who claimed 11 European Champnship gold medals, was twice Commonwealth Gam champn, set eight sprt world rerds and also peted across five Olympics - has gone on to work as a ach and media pund, as well as appearg on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancg programme.

SWIMMER MARK FOSTER: 'THE REACTN TO G OUT AS GAY HAS BEEN BRILLIANT. AND I DO HAVE SOMEONE MY LIFE.'

And I'm not the first gay sportsman to e out.

I was shocked by the treatment of gay people Rsia and need to say somethg - whout revealg anythg about myself. He add the Guardian terview: 'There was that stuff about Becky, but she knows I'm gay and knows my other half. I'm gay.

Mark Tewksbury was one of the first Olympic gold medalists to e out publicly as gay.

OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK THORMEYER PERFORMED AT HIS PEAK AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Thursday 30 November at 4:13pmMARK FOSTER TALKS ON TV FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HIS DECISION TO COME OUT AS GAYSwimmer Mark spoke exclively to about why he has cid to publicly e out recently.

'Talkg about why he didn't feel fortable talkg about his sexualy before now, Mark explaed: 'Gog back to when I was a kid, beg gay was wrong. 'Mark also explaed that a difficult year also played a part his cisn to talk about beg gay for the first time, pecially sce losg his dad the summer.

He me out as gay 2017 and has not been married till now. However, was later revealed that she was not his partner after he me out gay 2017. After Col me out as gay Augt 2017, people quickly assumed that the two were a romantic relatnship durg their time together.

Is Mark Foster Gay? Mark Foster me out as gay  December 2017. The swimmer rells the taboo that society thks of sportsmen beg gay.

The BBC mentator, 47, me out as gay after months of speculatn about his sexualy. “I thk they were tryg to say that I’m gay and I was cisg.