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Contents:
- EX-OLYMPIC SWIMMER MARK FOSTER OUT AS GAY
- THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.
- GAY SWIMMER, BISEXUAL LACROSSE PLAYER AMONG NCAA ATHLET SHARG THEIR CLN STORI
- OLYMPIC SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT, WANTS TO BE VISIBLE GAY ATHLETE AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAM
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
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.
THERE ARE A RERD 11 OPENLY GAY MALE OLYMPIANS R. NONE IS AN AMERIN.
And I'm not the first gay sportsman to e out.
GAY SWIMMER, BISEXUAL LACROSSE PLAYER AMONG NCAA ATHLET SHARG THEIR CLN STORI
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.
OLYMPIC SWIMMER DAN JERVIS OUT, WANTS TO BE VISIBLE GAY ATHLETE AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAM
I'm gay. 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.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPENLY GAY OLYMPIANS
Includ this total are a rerd 11 gay male athlet. Diver Patrick Jefey was openly gay as a diver the 1996 Olympics.