Matthew Mitcham citations

Matthew Mitcham, né le 2 mars 1988 à Brisbane , est un plongeur australien.

En décrochant la médaille d’or aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin , il est devenu le premier sportif ouvertement gay à monter sur la première marche d'un podium olympique. Un autre plongeur, considéré comme le meilleur de tous les temps, Greg Louganis, l'a fait en 1994 ; mais il n'a révélé son homosexualité qu'une fois sa carrière terminée. Wikipedia

✵ 2. mars 1988

Matthew Mitcham: 2 citations 0 J'aime

Matthew Mitcham: Citations en anglais

“When I was about eight or nine, I knew I liked boys. But I soon came to the understanding that gay was not as good as straight. That it would be better to be straight and that people didn't like gays because they can't marry and had to be secretive. Nobody told me directly, but these were messages I got from society.”

Help us translate this quote

Matthew Mitcham

We Asked Australian Diver Matthew Mitcham Why More Gay Athletes Aren't Coming Out https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/wdapzw/we-asked-olympian-matthew-mitcham-why-more-gay-athletes-arent-coming-out, Vice.nz, October 12, 2016.

“Sport, in general, tends to be a good decade behind the rest of society in terms of talking about these issues. There's been a lot of progress. There's women's equality in sport, talking about depression in sport, homophobia in sport, and drugs in sport. I actually think when gay marriage is legalised, and it becomes such a non-issue in wider society, it will likewise become a non-issue in sport.”

Help us translate this quote

Matthew Mitcham