Mataki na Olympics da HIV Advocate Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis (wanda aka haifa ranar 29 ga watan Janairun 1962) dan wasan zinare ne na gasar zinaren zinari na Amurka da kuma likitancin LGBT. Shi ne kadai namiji da kuma na biyu a tarihin Olympics don shafe abubuwan da ke gudana a wasannin Olympics na biyu, tare da lashe kyautar James E. Sullivan a matsayin dan wasa mafi ban sha'awa a Amurka.

Ƙunni na Farko

An haifi Greg Louganis ne a El Cajon, California, kuma shi ne haifaffen samaniya da Yaren mutanen Sweden. Dan wasan na Amurka ya shiga gasar Olympics a lokacin da ya lashe kyautar azurfa a wasanni na Montreal a shekarar 1976 lokacin da ya kai shekaru 16. Daga nan ya ci gaba da lashe gasar wasannin Olympics da yawa.

A gaskiya ma, ilimin basirarsa ya nuna girmamawa sosai da cewa 'yan wasan ruwa na kasar Sin ya yi wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayonsa da kuma nazarin malamansa sosai da kuma kusantar ruwa. A cikin haka, Sinanci sun karu da matsayi na duniya kamar yadda wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun mabanguna a duniya a yau.

Yawancin masana masarufi sun ce tsayayyar su ya kasance a cikin ɓangaren Greg Louganis. Da dukan nasarar da ya yi a matsayin dan wasan, wasu daga cikin lokuta na Louganis sun zo, ba tare da dalili ba, bayan daya daga cikin mummunar lalacewa.

Dive wanda Ya canza Duk abin

Binciken wani zinare na zinariya a gasar Olympics ta Seoul a shekara ta 1988, Louganis ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi nasara sosai a raguwa na 2-1 / 2 a zagaye na farko.

Yayinda yake nutsewa, sai ya buge kansa a kan jirgi, yana fama da rikici da haddasa babban laceration a kan kansa. Abin mamaki shine, duk da cewa ya yi musayar ra'ayi, sai ya gama zagaye na farko kuma ya sake maimaitawa a wasan karshe, inda ya samu damar shiga jerin zinare.

Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ya haifa masa ABC Sports '' Athlete of the Year 'a shekarar 1988.

Wannan dadi, duk da haka, yana da tasiri mai yawa bayan shekaru da yawa lokacin da Louganis ya yanke shawarar cewa lokaci ne da zai gaya wa asirinsa sirrinsa.

Daga Closet, A cikin Tattaunawa

A 1994 ne Louganis ya sanar wa duniya cewa shi dan wasa ne. Ya shiga cikin wasanni na 1994 na Gay a matsayin mai ba da labarai a ruwa da kuma nunawa a kan wani biki na ruwa don iya aiki jama'a.

A 1995, Louganis co-ya rubuta tarihin kansa, Breaking Surface , tare da taimakon marubucin Eric Marcus. A wannan littafi, Louganis ya ba da cikakken bayanin dangantaka da cin zarafi gida da kuma fyade. A cikin wannan littafi ya kuma bayyana wa duniya cewa yana da kwayar cutar HIV, bayan an gano shi a cikin 'yan watanni kafin wasannin Seoul. Kamar yadda aka sa ran a wannan lokacin, yawancin masu goyon baya na kamfanin sun aika da shi a matsayin abokin ciniki lokacin da suka ji labarai game da cutar HIV. Banda ya kasance kamfanin kamfanin Speedo, wanda ya rike shi har zuwa 2007.

Bayan sanarwarsa, mutanen da suka fito daga cikin kasashen duniya sun fara tambayar da shawara ta Louganis kada ta bayyana matsayinsa na HIV a lokacin da ya ji rauni a lokacin gasar Olympics ta 1988 a Seoul. Abin damuwa shine cewa saboda mummunan rauni na rauni, Louganis ya sanya dukkan masu fafatawa a cikin ruwa suna fuskantar hadarin HIV.

Yayin da kwamitin Olympics na Amurka ya nuna damuwa sosai game da yiwuwar bayyanar cutar HIV, likitan kanjamau Anthony Fauci, MD, ya tabbatar da kwamitin Olympics da kuma duniya cewa Greg Louganis bai sanya kowa cikin hadarin saboda yanke shawarar kada ya bayyana bayyanar cutar HIV ba.

Ina Yayi Yau?

A yau Louganis yana tafiya a duniya tare da 'yan wasa irin su Peggy Fleming da Jackie Joyner-Kersee, don tattaunawa akan rayuwarsu a matsayin' yan wasa na duniya da ke fama da cutar mai tsanani. Daga cikin gudunmawarsa zuwa HIV, Louganis shine karo na farko a bayan yakin basasa a shekarun 1990s yana karfafa muhimmancin biyan maganin cutar HIV .

Bugu da ƙari, ya yi aiki akai-akai tare da Rundunar 'Yancin Dan'adam don kare kare hakkin bil'adama na al'ummomin LGBT da mutanen da aka gano da cutar HIV / AIDs, da kuma yin magana akan dokokin nuna bambanci, ciki harda sojojin Amurka "Kada ka tambaye, Don' t Bayyana "manufofin.

Kamar yadda Louganis ya ce: "Yana kawai gaya mana labarin na gaske, ina so in tuna da shi a matsayin mai kwarewa mai karfi, amma a matsayin mutum, ina so a tuna da ni a matsayin wanda ya yi banbanci."

A shekara ta 2013, ya auri abokin tarayya mai tsawo, dan Najeriya Johnny Chaillot.