UGreg Louganis (owazalwa ngoJanuwari 29, 1962) ungumdlali waseMelika odilika ngezindondo ze-Olimpiki we-Olympic kanye nesishoshovu samalungelo ase-HIV kanye ne-LGBT. Unguyena kuphela wesilisa nomlingisi wesibili emlandweni we-Olimpiki ukuze ashaqe imicimbi yokudilika emidlalweni emibili elandelanayo ye-Olimpiki, ngokuwina umklomelo othanda uJames E. Sullivan njengomdlali ovelele kakhulu we-amateur e-United States.
Iminyaka Yokuqala
U-Greg Louganis wazalelwa e-El Cajon, eCalifornia futhi ungowokuzalwa kwesiSamoa nesiSweden. I-American diver iqhubekele endaweni ye-diving e-Olympic lapho inqola indondo yesiliva emidlalweni yaseMontreal ngo-1976 eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala. Ukusuka lapho wazama ukunqoba amaphephandabeni amaningi emhlabeni.
Eqinisweni, amakhono akhe okudonsa ayehlonishwa kakhulu kangangokuthi ithimba laseShayina lokudiza imoto lalinomculo futhi lafunda ngokucophelela indlela yakhe yokuhamba nokuhamba. Ngokwenza kanjalo, amaShayina avukele ekuveleleni kwamanye amazwe njengamanye amazwe ahlukene kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla.
Ochwepheshe abaningi be-diving bathi ukunyuka kwabo kubangelwe ukuyingenisa uGreg Louganis. Ngempumelelo yakhe yonke njengendlela yokuzivocavoca, ezinye zezikhathi ezinkulu zikaLouganis zafika, ngokumangalisayo, emva kokunye kokuhamba kwakhe okumbi kakhulu.
I-Dive Yashintsha Konke
Efuna enye indondo yegolide ema-Olympic aseSeoul ngo-1988, uLouganis uzame ukuhamba nge-pike 2-1 / 2 ehamba phambili ngesikhathi sokuqala.
Ngesikhathi sokudonsa, washaya ikhanda lakhe ebhodini, ehlushwa ingxabano futhi ebangela ukushaywa okukhulu ekhanda lakhe. Ngokumangazayo, naphezu kokuncintisana kwakhe, waqeda uhambo lokuqala futhi waphinda waphuthukisa ekugcineni, ekutholeni izikolo zokubeka irekhodi emgwaqweni kwenye ididali legolide.
Ukusebenza kwamtholela u-ABC Sports '"U-Athlete Wonyaka" ngo-1988.
Kodwa ukuthi ukuhamba, kungaba nomthelela eminyakeni edlule lapho uLouganis enquma ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokutshela umhlaba imfihlo yakhe.
Ngaphandle kwe-Closet, Engqubuzaneni
Ngonyaka ka-1994 uLouganis wamemezela emhlabeni ukuthi uyingqingili. Wabamba iqhaza emidlalweni yamaGay ka-1994 njengommemezeli wokudilika kanye nokufaka umbukiso wokudilika emiphakathini yamandla.
Ngo-1995, u-Louganis wabhala incwadi yakhe ethi Breaking the Surface , ngosizo lomlobi u-Eric Marcus. Kuleyo ncwadi, uLouganis uchaze ubuhlobo bokuhlukunyezwa kwekhaya nokudlwengulwa. Kwakukhona kuleyo ncwadi ukuthi wabuye waveza emhlabeni ukuthi unesandulela ngculaza, njengoba sekutholwe izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kweMidlalo YeSeoul. Njengoba kulindeleke ngaleso sikhathi, iningi labaxhasi bakhe bezinkampani bamphonsa njengabaxhasi lapho bezwa izindaba zesimo sakhe se-HIV. Ngaphandle kwalokho kwakungumkhiqizi we-swimsuit Speedo, owamgcina njengomhlinzeki wemikhiqizo yawo kuze ku-2007.
Ngemuva kokumemezela kwakhe, abantu abavela ngaphakathi nasemiphakathini yomhlaba wonke baqala ukuphazamisa isinqumo sikaLouganis sokuthi asiveze isimo sakhe se-HIV ngesikhathi sokulimala kwekhanda ngesikhathi se-1988 Seoul Olympic. Ukukhathazeka kwabo kwakuwukuthi ngenxa yokulimala kokulimala kwakhe, uLouganis wabeke bonke abagijimi bakhe bezindiza engozini yokuthola i- HIV.
Ngenkathi iKomidi le-Olimpiki yase-United States liveza ukukhathazeka okukhulu mayelana nokutholakala kwe-HIV, isazi se-AIDS u-Anthony Fauci, MD, waqinisekisa iKomidi le-Olimpiki nezwe ukuthi uGreg Louganis akazange abeke umuntu engozini ngenxa yesinqumo sakhe sokungabonakali ukuthi unesandulela ngculaza.
Uphi Namuhla?
Namuhla uLouganis uhamba emhlabeni nabadlali abafana noPeggy Fleming noJackie Joyner-Kersee, ukuze baxoxe ngokuphila kwabo njengabadlali bezwe abahlala nezifo ezingapheli. Phakathi kweminikelo yakhe yokuthola i-HIV, uLouganis yilokuqala ebusweni bomkhankaso kazwelonke eminyakeni yama-1990 egcizelela ukubaluleka kokunamathela emithini ye-HIV .
Ukwengeza, uye wasebenza njalo noMkhankaso Wamalungelo Abantu ukuze avikele amalungelo omphakathi omphakathi we-LGBT nabantu abathintekayo abane-HIV / AIDS, kanye nokukhuluma ngokumelene nomthetho wobandlululo, kuhlanganise nempi yase-US ethi "Ungabuzi, Don" t Tshela "inqubomgomo.
Njengoba uLouganis ebeka: "Kusho nje ukutshela indaba yami ngempela. Ngifuna ukukhunjulwa njengenhlanhla eqinile nenomusa, kodwa njengomuntu, ngifuna ukukhunjulwa njengomuntu owenza umehluko."
Ngo-2013, washada nomlingani wakhe osekudala, uJohnny Chaillot.