Mark Tewksbury
The Canadian with the adorable-sounding last name struck gold at the 1992 Olympics in the 100-m backstroke. He granted an anonymous interview in 1993, along with boxer Mark Leduc, about homophobia in sports before coming out publicly in 1998. He subsequently lost a six-figure contract as a motivational speaker for being “too openly gay,” but he’s since become a prominent gay rights activist.
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