Nationality Australian Country Australia Height 1.84 m | Weight 99 kg (218 lb) Sport Bobsleigh Rugby Residence Calgary, Canada | |
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Born 27 July 1987 Goulburn, New South Wales Team Australian Bobsleigh Team Sydney Convicts Rugby Club Similar Stuart Reardon, Ben Cohen, Keegan Hirst, Gus Kenworthy, Gareth Thomas Profiles | ||
Facts about simon dunn aka bobsleigh simon
Simon Dunn (born 27 July 1987 in Goulburn, New South Wales) is the first openly gay male to represent his country in the sport of Bobsled and is currently based in Calgary, Alberta.
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Career
Simon Dunn, former rugby player and current member of the Australian Bobsleigh Team. Simon grew up playing rugby league south of Sydney, Australia in Wollongong. Struggling with his own sexuality and life in sport, he gave up the only variable he has control over. Sport. Later in life getting back into the sport he loves and became player for the Sydney Convicts Rugby club. Travelling to Canada to further his playing career, while he worked at the Canadian Sports Institute gym. Simon had the opportunity to try out for the Australian bobsleigh team. In making this team and representing his country this made him the first out gay man to ever represent their country in the sport. Although in November 2016, he announced his retirement from the bobsleigh team.
Simon also contributes as a columnist in Attitude Magazines online edition and more recently as a columnist on GuysLikeU.
Media appearances
Using his newly obtained platform he now is driven to show the world that one’s sexuality has no bearing on their athlete ability and hopes to become the role model he yearned for growing up. His platform includes a strong social media following and in July 2015, he created YouTube channel. Being noticed and featured on the Buzzfeed website, Simon was given the chance to appear in Attitude Magazines Naked Issue. With his popularity among readers he was also later voted in number 1 of the magazine’s annual Hot 100 list. Since the start of 2016, Simon has been featured in numerous print media, online and news articles, around the world.
Sport and acceptance of gay athletes
Like Ben Cohen and Gareth Thomas, Simon Dunn is committed to making sport a more inclusive environment for gay men and is determined to encourage more of them to be out and open.
