How many figure skaters are gay

The World Figure Skating Championships take place in Boston this week and among the athletes competing will be six skaters who identify as LGBTQ, with one of them poised to make history. A legendary showman on the ice, this Canadian skater won bronze at the games at Innsbruck.

Eight years after just seven out LGBT athletes in total competed at the Olympic Winter Games Sochisome 35 members of the queer community are going for gold at Beijing No out queer figure skater competed at the Games in but, just four years after Adam Rippon and Eric Radford became.

Category:LGBTQ figure skaters This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Figure skaters. Eric Radford competed alongside skating partner Meagan Duhamel at the games in Sochi. There have been at least 39 gay men to compete in figure skating at the Winter Olympic Games over the years, with eight publicly out men competing in 16 Gay and Bi Olympic Figure Skaters When Adam Rippon competes at the Olympics this year, it will be the first time an openly gay figure skater represents the United States in an individual event.

The first skater to ever land a quadruple salchow in competition, the American skater won a bronze for the U. He retired from competition in and is now a data analyst at Google.

Three Olympic figure skaters

One of skating's greatest stars in the s, Canada's Orser won silver at both the Olympics in Sarajevo and the Olympics in Calgary, in the latter competing against Brian Boitano in the famous " Battle of the Brians. Shortly before competing at Worlds that same year, the German newspaper Bild-Zeitung outed Curry as gay, causing a minor scandal in Europe, but Curry went on to win the event anyway, making him the first skater to win the European, Olympic and World championships in a single season, according to the BBC.

He died from AIDS complications in The American dancer won silver at the at Cortina d'Ampezzo, and also won silver twice at the World Championships. Actor Tab Hunter later revealed he had a long-term relationship with Robertson, which covered the skater's competitive career, he told OutSmart magazine in Alongside skating partner Tai Babilonia, Gardner represented the U.

The pair did, however, go on to win a World Championship in The two were contenders for gold heading into the games before Gardner tore his thigh in practice, according to People. After years of questions of whether he and Babilonia would ever date, Gardner revealed to Scene magazine in that he was gay.

The two came in seventh in the pairs event, but then won a silver for Canada in the inaugural team event. His sexuality would become a matter of public record thanks to a palimony suit filed in Canada, forcing the skater to come out inas reported by The Advocate.

Here's every figure skater and ice dancer to compete at the Olympic Games who came out during or after their time on the ice. Radford and Duhamel seem like a lock this month to nab one of Canada's three pairs spots for the games in this, their last competitive season.

By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. But figure skating has always provided an athletic arena for gay men, even if most historically waited to come out publicly after their Olympic career came to a close.

The California skater won the gold medal for United States at the games in Calgary and remains a legend in the sport. Radford came out to Outsports a couple months later and would go on to win two world championships with Duhamel.

The Canadian skater won a bronze in men's singles at the games in Torino and went on to win a World Championship in But he never mentioned being gay until he started playing hockey for the Toronto Gay Hockey Association, where he started literally wearing that part of his identity on his sleeve, something he discussed with The Hockey News in The British skater, famous for bringing ballet and dance moves into men's singles, won the gold at the games in Innsbruck, where he also acted as flag bearer for his nation.

It includes Figure skaters that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. But he kept his sexuality a private matter untilwhen the United States sent a delegation to Russia made up of high-profile gay athletes.