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When Canadian Mark Thormeyer fally told his team he was gay, the posive rponse fueled him the pool.

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TOM DALEY AFTER WNG GOLD: ‘I'M GAY AND AN OLYMPIC CHAMPN'

Albiero has been on the US Swimmg Natnal Team. He is now talkg more about beg a gay athlete reprentg the USA. * gay american olympic swimmer *

“Jt me gettg to be on the podium, Japan, as an Asian Amerin woman and gettg to take silver a historil women’s event for the first time, as someone who lik women and who intifi as gay — ’s so ol, ” she said, via the Post.

The victory was pecially meangful for Daley his send Olympics as an openly gay man.

NICK ALBIERO, 28-TIME ALL-AMERIN SWIMMER, IS GAY OIYMPIC HOPEFUL

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"I feel credibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champn, " said Daley who was visibly emotnal.

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

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Daley's Amerin-born hband won a screenwrg Osr 2008 for “Milk, " the bgraphil film based on the life of gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk.

Now the gay two-time NCAA champn for the Universy of Louisville, and current Olympic-hopeful swimmer, is talkg more publicly about beg a gay athlete bee, after all of the years, he’s simply ready to do so.

At least 186 publicly out gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and nonbary athlet were Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Gam, more than triple the number who participated at the 2016 R Gam. “Competg at the Olympics as an openly gay athlete is pretty amazg, ” Canadian swimmer Mark Thormeyer told Outsports.

THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.

Five-time Olympic swimmg gold medalist Ian Thorpe for the first time publicly nfirmed that he is gay durg a televisn terview on Sunday, endg years of speculatn about his sexualy. * gay american olympic swimmer *

Thormeyer was not out when he peted at the 2016 R Olympics and me out publicly as gay a 2020 say for Outsports. Elissa Alarie (Canada)#Brt Benn (Canada)#Kelly Brazier (New Zealand)Gayle Broughton (New Zealand)#Isadora Cello (Brazil) Lren Doyle (USA)#Mara Fravanti (Brazil)#Megan Jon (Bra)Alev Kelter (USA)Ghislae Landry (Canada)#Kaili Lan (Canada)#Celia Quansah (Bra)Kristen Thomas (USA)Ruby Tui (New Zealand)#Sharni Williams (Atralia)Portia Woodman (New Zealand). Swimmer Mark Thormeyer was a wreck leadg up to the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials, his hidg beg gay so taxg and bilatg that one day he broke down and lay helpls on his bedroom floor.

When the Olympics start this weekend R Janeiro, there will be a rerd 41 publicly out gay, lbian and bisexual athlet. Includ this total are a rerd 11 gay male athlet. Diver Patrick Jefey was openly gay as a diver the 1996 Olympics.

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Olympic divg legend Greg Louganis [he/him], 61, won four gold medals across back-to-back Olympic Gam, 1984 and 1988. He me out publicly as gay at the Gay Gam 1994. * gay american olympic swimmer *

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IAN THORPE REVEALS HE IS GAY

He claims that he was dropped om the team bee he is gay but the team ach ni the charge but did not expla why he was exclud. Check out what we wrote about him back 2017: Mark Foster Tewksbury is another gay male swimmer who n boast of wng several medals om ternatnal meets.

Associated PrsJul 13, 2014, 07:46 AM ETSYDNEY -- Five-time Olympic swimmg gold medalist Ian Thorpe for the first time publicly nfirmed that he is gay durg a televisn terview on Sunday, endg years of speculatn about his, who had long nied that he was gay, told Brish talk show host Michael Parkson an terview broadst on Atralia's Channel 10 that he jt recently realized the tth about himself. In his 2012 tobgraphy, "This Is Me, " Thorpe wrote, "For the rerd, I am not gay and all of my sexual experienc have been straight.

GAY OLYMPICS SWIMMER MAK WAV AND OUT OF THE WATER

He was too young to know whether he was gay or straight, and said he rpond that he was straight to avoid teasg om classmat. "I'm fortable sayg I'm a gay man, " he said. You n grow up, you n be fortable and you n be gay.

And part of me didn't know if Atralia wanted s champn to be gay, " he said.

WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS

He me out publicly as gay at the Gay Gam 1994, but was out to those around him om an early was the 'g out to myself' procs like for you? I me out at the Gay Gam 1994, welg the athlet and sayg, 'It's great to be out and proud. My thought before I me out to my mom was, 'Oh my God, if my parents knew that I was gay, then the earth is gog to open up and swallow me whole.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS

Beg a gay man wh HIV, at that time there was still a lot of stigma surroundg HIV. A lot of the attu the untry and the world was, 'It's killg the right people -- gay men, IV dg ers and prostut.

In May, the openly gay Fnish swimmer won the 50-meter etyle at the European champnships, ls than three months before he is set to swim the same race, along wh the 100-meter etyle, Tokyo. But was jt before the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, Rsia, (where they obvly don’t have swimmg) where the 6-10 Fn ma his biggt splash, when he me out as gay.

“I wanted to jo the discsn relatn to Sochi, sce is a sad fact that the Rsian gay law affects negatively Rsian young people’s liv and g human rights general, he told the Fnish Natnal TV Channel YLE’s “Sports Weekend” show at the time.

WTER OLYMPICS: THREE OPENLY GAY MEN PETE FOR A SPOT ON U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM

Sger Ta Turner was the ma draw at the openg ceremony San Francis for the first Gay Gam 1982, but cy supervisor Doris Ward may have received the biggt reactn om the crowd. “She said, ‘I’d like to ve you all to the first-ever Gay Olympics, ’” remembers Jim Hahn, one of roughly 1.

”But Gay Gam I, which ran om Augt 28-September 5, 1982, faced many challeng, cludg the U. Olympic Commtee's lawsu barrg the event om g the name "Gay Olympics.

You uld have an Olympics for anythg, ” says Shamey Cramer, a swimmer who -led Team Los Angel the first Gam, “but heaven forbid you should be gay or lbian.

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