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Australian diver Matthew Mitcham has just come out as a gay man.

The 20-year-old gold medal hopeful will be representing his country in Beijing this summer.

He'll be the first openly gay athlete from Australia to compete in the Olympics.

Congrats!

    Posted: May 27, 2008 at 9:03 am / Email this  »

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      Are we including lesbians in this this of out Aussie Olympians at the time of competing? If so there have been several. A medallist in the shot put who thanked her girlfriend and one of our greatest ever hockey players, who married a Dutch competitor, from memory.

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