Team GB swimmer and Strictly Come Dancing star Mark Foster comes out as gay
The 47-year-old former world champion has already told friends and family of his decision
FORMER Team GB Olympic swimming hero Mark Foster has come out as gay.
The Strictly Come Dancing star has announced he has spent the last 30-years not revealing his true sexuality.
The 47-year-old former world champion has already told friends and family of his decision.
Foster said : "It’s not like I’ve been pushed to come out. I’ve just swerved and swerved.
"Telling half-truths and not being my true self is only hurting me. I’m 47, a middle-aged man, and I’m no longer competing.
"I’m not the first gay sportsman to come out. Gareth Thomas and Tom Daley led the way.
"I tiptoed around the issue for so long. I got really good at the dance of telling half-truths."
Foster set eight world records as a freestyle and butterfly sprinter.
He wont six world titles, eleven European championship gold medals, two Commonwealth gongs and competed in five Olympic games.
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He carried the Team GB flag at the opening ceremony of the competetion in Beijing in 2008.
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