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Name
  
Mark Leduc

Role
  
Boxer

Martial art
  

Mark Leduc Mark Leduc 47 Gay athlete Olympic medallist Toronto Star

Died
  
July 22, 2009, Toronto, Canada

Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Light Welterweight

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Mark Leduc (May 4, 1962 – July 22, 2009) was a boxer from Canada, who won a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.

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Mark Leduc ARCHIVED Image Display Canadian Olympians Library

In memory of mark leduc 1992 olympic silver medallist leader of canada s national boxing team


Amateur career

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  • Amateur Record: 184-26
  • Won an Olympic Silver Medal 1992 for Canada.
  • Olympic results

    Mark Leduc ARCHIVED Image Display Canadian Olympians Library

  • Defeated Godfrey Wakaabu (Uganda) 9-2
  • Defeated Dillon Carew (Guyana) 5-0
  • Defeated Laid Bouneb (Algeria) 8-1
  • Defeated Leonard Dorin (Romania) 13-6
  • Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba) 1-11
  • Professional boxing career

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    Leduc turned pro in 1992 and had limited success. He retired in 1993 with a record of 6-1-0 after losing to Michel Galarneau.

    Retirement and coming out

    Mark Leduc Class of 2013 The Kingston WhigStandard

    In 1993, Leduc spoke about being a gay athlete in CBC Radio's documentary "The Last Closet", which aired on the weekly sports series The Inside Track; as he was not yet ready to officially come out, the interview was aired anonymously and recorded through a voice filter. Another Canadian athlete who would also subsequently come out as gay, Mark Tewksbury, also granted an anonymous interview to the same program. In 1994, Leduc officially came out as gay in the TV documentary For the Love of the Game, one of the few boxers ever to do so. He also later volunteered as a speaker and mentor for various LGBT youth groups.

    He attended Toronto’s Pride Parade in 1999 as grand marshal with Savoy Howe. Leduc worked for and volunteered with the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation, later becoming a set-builder and construction worker in the film industry.

    Leduc died on July 22, 2009 in Toronto. He had collapsed in the sauna of St. Marks Spa and doctors suggested that his death may have resulted from heat stroke.

    References

    Mark Leduc Wikipedia


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