Mcham will forever be celebrated as the first out gay Olympic gold medalist, but he jt add another big "first" to his long list of acplishments.
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- 5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
- WATCH: THE BT FROM 6 OLYMPIC GAY DIVERS
5 TIM OPENLY GAY DIVER MATTHEW MCHAM SLAYED, AND OUT OF HIS SPEEDOS
Barthel is divg for Germany and do not classify himself as gay or straight but simply intifi as “human. He was adopted om Cambodia at 18 months, and his adoptive father, Jerry, is gay. In addn, Wdle has ntributed to the It Gets Better mpaign and was mentored om an early age by gay divg legend Greg Louganis—to the pot where he was nicknamed “The Ltle Louganis.
He’s one of the bt and most important stori of the Tokyo Gam after wng his first gold medal Men’s Synchro wh divg partner Matty Lee and spirg lns by clarg, “I feel credibly proud to say I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn. Atralian diver Matthew Mcham will forever be celebrated as the first out gay Olympic gold medalist, but the now-retired athlete jt add another big “first” to his long list of acplishments.
WATCH: THE BT FROM 6 OLYMPIC GAY DIVERS
He out publicly as gay, then stuns Beijg wh a perfect dive. It also ma him the first out gay Olympic gold medalist.
It was wonrful to see him such fe form, and while he n’t have been thrilled to lose his signature 10 m platform event to a then-closeted Tom Daley, Mcham’s succs as an openly gay diver no doubt set the stage for Daley and many more gay athlet to e out. Soon after the Gam he beme addicted to crystal meth, which remas a rampant issue the gay muny.
Five gay divers peted the Olympics before Bra's Tom Daley. While Seoul, Castillo wnsed gay Olympic legend Greg Louganis htg his head durg a dive. Matthew Helm was actually the untry's first diver to pete while openly gay, and he won the silver medal for this dive 2004 for the 10m platform.