UGreg Louganis (owazalwa ngoJanuwari 29, 1962) ngumdlali we-olimpiki we-olimpiki we-olimpiki waseMelika kunye ne-HIV ende kunye ne-LGBT-amalungelo. Nguye kuphela oyindoda kunye neyesibini kwi-Olympic imbali yokutshatyalaliswa kweziganeko zokudibanisa kwimidlalo emibili elandelanayo yeOlimpiki, ngokuphumelela umklomelo we-James E. Sullivan njengomdlali we-amateur obalaseleyo eMelika.
Iminyaka Yokuqala
UGreg Louganis wazalelwa e-El Cajon, eCalifornia kwaye ungumzala waseSamoa neSweden. I-American diver yaphuka kwi-Olympic diving scene xa iphumelele imidali yesiliva kwimidlalo yaseMontreal ngo-1976 eneminyaka eyi-16 ubudala. Ukusuka apho waya kuphumelela amanqindi amaninzi kunye nee-Olimpiki.
Enyanisweni, izakhono zakhe zokudibanisa zazihlonishwa kangangokuba iqela lokudibanisa laseTshayina lenza umfanekiso walo kwaye lucoca ngokucophelela i-mechanics yakhe kunye nendlela yokudilika. Ngokwenza njalo, amaTshayina aphakanyisiwe ekugqibeleni ngamazwe njengabanye bezona zizodwa ezilungileyo kwihlabathi namhlanje.
Iingcali ezininzi zokudiza i-diving zithi ukunyuka kwabo kubangelwa yinxalenye yokukhupha uGreg Louganis. Ngayo yonke impumelelo yakhe njengento yokuphambuka, ezinye zexesha elikhulu likaLouganis zafika, ngokumangalisayo, emva kwesinye sezidlo ezibi kakhulu.
I-Dive eguqula yonke into
Ukufuna enye indondo yegolide kwii-Olimpiki zaseSeoul ngo-1988, uLouganis uzame ukuhlahlela i-pike e-2-1 / 2 enzima kwi-round round.
Ngethuba lokudiba, wahlaba intloko yakhe ebhodini, evezela ingqungquthela kwaye ebangela ukuba ahlale ekhanda. Ngokumangalisa ukuba, nangona wayengumngcipheko, wagqiba ujikelezo lwangaphambili kwaye waphinda wabuyela kwindawo yokugqibela, ukufumana amanqaku okubeka irekhodi kwindlela eya kwenye indondo yegolide.
Ukusebenza kwamthobela u-ABC wezemidlalo '"uMnyuli weNyaka" ngo-1988.
Noko ke, ukuhamba, kuya kuba nempembelelo kwiminyaka kamva xa uLouganis enqwenela ukuxelela ihlabathi ngemfihlo yakhe.
Ngaphandle kweCloset, kwi-Controversy
Ngowe-1994 uLouganis wamemezela ehlabathini ukuba wayeyingqingili. Wathatha inxaxheba kwimidlalo yamaGay ka-1994 njengommemezeli wokudilika kunye nokubeka umboniso wokudibazela izihlwele zabantu.
Ngo-1995, u-Louganis wabhala ngokubhaliweyo kwakhe, Ukuqhekeka Ingqungquthela , ngoncedo lomlobi u-Eric Marcus. Kule ncwadi, uLouganis ulandelelanise ubudlelwane bokuxhaphazwa kwekhaya kunye nokudlwengulwa. Kwakukuloo ncwadi wachaza ehlabathini ukuba unentsholongwane kaGawulayo, emva kokuba ufumene iinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kweMidlalo yeSeoul. Njengoko kulindeleke ngelo xesha, uninzi lwabaxhasi bakhe bequmrhu lanciphisa njengomxhasi xa beva iindaba ze-HIV yakhe. Ngaphandle kwaba ngumenzi we-swimsuit Speedo, owamgcina njengomxhasi weemveliso zabo de kube ngu-2007.
Emva kokumemezela kwakhe, abantu abavela ngaphandle nakwiindawo zokudibana ngamazwe ngamazwe baqala ukubuza isigqibo sikaLouganis sokuba angachazi isimo sakhe sengculaza ngexesha lokulimala kwentloko ngexesha lika-1988 ze-Olimpiki ze-Seoul. Inkxalabo yabo kukuba ngenxa yegazi lokulimala kwakhe, uLouganis wabeka zonke iintambo zakhe zokuncintisana nomngcipheko wokufumana i- HIV.
Nangona iKomidi yeOlimpiki yaseMerika ixhalabisa kakhulu malunga nokufumaneka kwe-HIV, ingcali yeAIDS u-Anthony Fauci, MD, yaqinisekisa iKomidi yeOlimpiki kunye nehlabathi ukuba uGreg Louganis akazange ambeke umntu engozini ngenxa yesigqibo sakhe sokungabonakali ngentsholongwane kaGawulayo.
Uphi na namhlanje?
Namhlanje uLouganis uhamba ehlabathini kunye nabadlali abafana noPeggy Fleming noJackie Joyner-Kersee, ukuxubusha ubomi babo njengabadlali behlabathi abahlala nezifo ezingapheliyo. Phakathi kweminikelo yakhe kwi-HIV, uLouganis wayengumntu wokuqala wokuqala umkhankaso wesizwe kuma-1990s ekugxininiseni ukubaluleka kokunamathela kwiyeza .
Ukongezelela, usebenze rhoqo kunye neCandelo lamaLungelo oLuntu ukukhusela amalungelo oluntu oluntu lwe-LGBT kunye nabantu abaxilongwa nge-HIV / AIDS, kunye nokuthetha ngokuchasene nomthetho obandlululayo, kubandakanywa nemikhosi yaseMelika "Musa ukubuza, uDon ' Tshela "umgaqo.
NjengoLouganis uthi: "Ndiyayichazela ibali lam ngokwenene. Ndifuna ukukhunjulwa njengendoda enamandla kwaye inomdla, kodwa njengomntu, ndifuna ukukhunjulwa njengomntu owenza umehluko."
Ngomhla ka-2013, watshata nomlingani wakhe omdala, uJohnny Chaillot.