Olympic great Greg Louganis is parting with his medals.
Greg Louganis, one of the first athletes to come out about his sexuality and HIV status, will be auctioning off his Olympic medals to support LGBTQ+ organizations., an inspiration to LGBTQ+ athletes and advocate for HIV prevention and awareness, has won a total of five medals over his 12-year Olympic diving career for Team USA. He will be auctioning off his 1976 silver medal, a 1984 gold medal and a 1988 gold medal, which could raise an estimated total of $2.4 million.
“California Live” sits down with professional diver and Olympic gold medal winner Greg Louganis for an intimate conversation. Now as an LGBTQ activist, Louganis looks back on the 80s and shares how he was treated as a gay professional athlete and Olympic icon.Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.“It enables the medals to go beyond me,” he said. “Each medal has a story.
Louganis won the silver medal he will be auctioning when he was 16 years old at his first Olympic Games, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He has already given away his other two gold medals. He gave the first gold medal won during the 1984 LA games to his coach, and he gave his 1988 gold medal to Jeanne White. Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
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