PARIS — When Charline Van Snick flirted with another female athlete after winning the bronze medal in Judo in the 2012 London Olympic Games, she said her coach told her she needed to stay in the closet for the future of her career.
'It was a moment when I didn't feel like myself,' the 33-year-old retired Belgian Olympian said. 'He said, Charline, you have to fit in the box. Everyone is looking at you and you have to be straight.... I understood that it's not a place to be yourself, it's not a place to be LGBTQ+ .
'Five, 10 years ago you had coaches telling their athletes don't come out, it will ruin your career. Now it has become a springboard for people's careers.'Clark cited British diver Tom Daley's rise to celebrity as an example.The number of openly LGBTQ+ Olympians has skyrocketed in recent decades. Jim Buzinski, co-founder of Outsports, said when they started tracking athletes at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, they counted only around five who were openly LGBTQ+.
Sets Record For LGBTQ+ Athletes
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