Olympic gay swimmer

There have been modern Olympians [a] (including Paralympians, Summer Olympic athletes and artists, and Winter Olympians) who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, and/or queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship. Zimbabwean swimmer Sean Gunn just publicly came out as gay! Gunn, who swam for Zimbabwe at the Rio Olympics, went to the University of Kentucky, where he came out to teammates before.

NBC's swimming announcers joined gay guys everywhere when French Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou stripped down prior to his race. Olympic swimmer Sean Gunn has publicly come out as gay. In an exclusive interview with OutSports, the talented athlete gave insight into his coming-out journey, revealing that he first started to explore his sexuality while attending the University of Kentucky.

Bio: Danny Jervis, the British Olympic swimmer who publicly came out as gay right before this year’s Commonwealth Games, grew up in a small village in South Wales. Michael Gunning is targeting the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year.

Openly gay, black swimmer Michael Gunning believes the prejudice he faced growing up inspired him to work harder for success. Gunning, 25, grew up in Kent, but his family are from Jamaica and he now holds three national records after switching his allegiance to the Caribbean island nation. His goal is to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Why Simone Manuel's gold medal matters. He was further motivated to make the most of his talent after being caught up in the Manchester Arena terror attack when 22 people were killed and hundreds injured at an Ariana Grande concert. I realised that life was so short and you have to grab every single opportunity you can.

Michael, who swims for Stockport Metro, had little enthusiasm for swimming as a boy after being reluctantly taken for lessons.

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But at the age of 11, his times were beginning to catch the eye and as a teenager he kept his focus despite the shocking comments. He now holds Jamaican records in the m butterfly, and both the m and m freestyle, and has competed at the last two World Aquatics Championships. Simone Manuel became the first black woman to win Olympic swimming gold in One person Michael looks up to is American Simone Manuel, the first black female swimmer to win Olympic gold, also breaking the Games' m freestyle record at Rio It definitely needs more black people, black swimmers, black athletes around the world doing sport that we don't normally see," he said.

Michael is a role model for the LGBT community, having come out as gay on dating show The Bi Life last year, but it has taken time to accept and understand this part of his identity. Gunning has been chosen as one of Stonewall's Sport Champions for as part of the charity's Rainbow Laces campaign, along with others including football referee Ryan Atkin and British race walker Tom Bosworth.

The goal is now Tokyo , with Michael waking up every day at "crazy o'clock" to try and achieve his dream. Stonewall - official site. Image source, Getty Images. Related internet links.