Sports
Team D.C. athletes capture 231 medals at Paris Gay Games
Area swimmers shatter 15 IGLA records at quadrennial summit
Washington-area athletes at this month’s Gay Games in Paris. (Washington Blade photo by Kevin Majoros)
The 10th edition of the Gay Games ended on Aug. 11 in Paris. About 10,000 athletes from 91 countries vied for medals in 36 sports.
Athletes from Team D.C. hauled in 231 medals in 13 sports with the swimmers from District of Columbia Aquatics Club leading the way with 121 medals. The swimmers competed at the swimming venue of the 1924 Olympics and D.C. swimmers shattered 15 IGLA (International LGBT Aquatics) world records.
“I think Team DC represented very strong and we had a very diverse group of athletes. I am so proud of everyone,” says Brent Minor, founder and executive director of Team D.C. who was attending his seventh Gay Games. “It was nice meeting people who were competing at the Gay Games for the first time. These Games completely reinforced my belief that this event is good for our community, especially on an international scale. It’s nice to be reminded of that every four years.”
A couple things noted this year were that Team D.C. had sports couples competing together in swimming, rowing, golf, tennis, road running and volleyball.
Also noted from conversations with athletes from around the world is that some older athletes are switching to sports that have less impact on their bodies. Their desire to compete is still strong and they are finding new sports to remain tied to the Gay Games.
The next edition of the Gay Games will be contested in Hong Kong in 2022 and marks the first time that the event has been held in Asia.
A Gay Games reunion and celebration party is in the works for mid-September for all the D.C. athletes and their friends.
Below is a list of the Team D.C. medal winners.
Swimming
Sara Hewitt – 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze
Craig Franz – 6 Gold
Jay Fisette – 4 Gold, 4 Silver
Matt Kinney – 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Logan Dawson – 3 Gold, 2 Bronze
Barry Haddan – 4 Gold, 1 Silver
Neill Williams – 6 Gold, 1 Silver
Noura Hemady – 5 Gold, 3 Silver
Dawson Nash – 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Amr El-Sayed – 6 Gold, 1 Silver
Patrick Barrett – 2 Gold, 1 Silver
Tommy Scibilia – 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
Jerry Frentsos – 8 Gold
Jeff Mead – 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Jay Calhoun – 3 Gold
Corey Carlisle – 3 Gold, 1 Silver
Kevin Majoros – 3 Gold
Arthur Staub – 3 Gold
Jack Markey – 2 Gold, 1 Silver
Brent Quinn – 1 Silver
Eric Czander – 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
John Tustin – 1 Gold
Drew Fitzmorris – 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
Greg Koch – 1 Gold
Fred Dever – 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Open Water Swimming
Jay Calhoun – 1 Gold
Drew Fitzmorris – 1 Bronze
Craig Franz – 1 Gold
Soccer
Earl Armstrong – 1 Silver
John Corr – 1 Silver
Geoff Duvall – 1 Silver
Emory Ellis – 1 Silver
Jim Ensor – 1 Silver
Ross Furbush – 1 Silver
DJ Holland – 1 Silver
Oliver Jacob – 1 Silver
Ian Jenkins – 1 Silver
Kyle McAleese – 1 Silver
Alex Paterson – 1 Silver
Kevin Smith – 1 Silver
Zach Straus – 1 Silver
Mark Summerside – 1 Silver
Kevin Taylor – 1 Silver
Scott Teribury – 1 Silver
Brandon Warner – 1 Silver
John Whitfield – 1 Silver
Craig Williams – 1 Silver
Track & Field
Jeff Dutton – 1 Bronze
Allison Brager – 8 Gold, 1 Silver
Thomas Nguyen – 3 Gold, 1 Bronze
Prakash D’souza – 1 Bronze
Scott Teribury – 1 Silver
Road Running
Lennie Carter – 1 Bronze
Grace Thompson – 1 Silver
Joan Bellsey – 1 Gold
Maura Hackett – 2 Bronze
Fencing
Andrew Byun – 1 Bronze
Golf
John Guzman – 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Steve Sparks – 1 Bronze
Paul Sliwka – 1 Bronze
Triathlon
Leslie Hill – 1 Bronze
Hunter Gaiotti – 1 Bronze
Bryan Frank – 1 Gold
Philip Deeter – 1 Bronze
Bowling
Matthew Todd-Adrik – 1 Bronze
Tennis
Reese Scott – 2 Gold
Tim Murphy – 1 Silver
Mateo Barney – 1 Bronze
Robbie Cao – 1 Bronze
Vincent Travaglione – 1 Bronze
Rowing
Jeff Morrison – 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
Steve O’Banion – 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Joey Bowman – 1 Silver
Pedro Falto – 2 Silver
Brian Hackney – 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Joseph McGuirk – 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
Berin Szoka – 1 Bronze
Samir Bitar – 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Jude Graham – 1 Silver
Rondel Milton – 1 Silver
Nate Swinton – 1 Silver
John Lucier – 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Lindsay Cochrane – 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Volleyball
Bill Christmas – 1 Gold
Mike Snyder – 1 Gold
John Wang – 1 Gold
Jason Tolton – 1 Gold
Alex Benjamin – 1 Gold
Jesse Anderson – 1 Gold
Gabriel Saucedo – 1 Gold
Eric Brielmann – 1 Gold
Will Hansen – 1 Gold
Steve Post – 1 Bronze
Kevin Galens – 1 Bronze
Kent Hansen – 1 Bronze
Michael Gordon – 1 Bronze
Adam Bocek – 1 Bronze
Tim Claus – 1 Bronze
Jack Fleming – 1 Bronze
Kyle Anthony – 1 Bronze
George Atiyeh – 1 Gold
David Chang – 1 Gold
Joshua Schwartz – 1 Gold
Austin Bowen – 1 Gold
Tyler Jacob – 1 Gold
Lynn Katoa – 1 Gold
Julian Dawson – 1 Gold
Tim Mechlinski – 1 Gold
Basketball
Tim Francis – 1 Silver
David Monroe – 1 Silver
More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes won medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday.
Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, and Alex Carpenter are LGBTQ members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won a gold medal after they defeated Canada in overtime. Knight the day before the Feb. 19 match proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, who is gay, and his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold. American alpine skier Breezy Johnson, who is bisexual, won gold in the women’s downhill. Amber Glenn, who identifies as bisexual and pansexual, was part of the American figure skating team that won gold in the team event.
Swiss freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud, who is in a relationship with Vali Höll, an Austrian mountain biker, won gold in women’s freeski slopestyle.
Bruce Mouat, who is the captain of the British curling team that won a silver medal, is gay. Six members of the Canadian women’s hockey team — Emily Clark, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin — that won silver are LGBTQ.
Swedish freestyle skier Sandra Naeslund, who is a lesbian, won a bronze medal in ski cross.
Belgian speed skater Tineke den Dulk, who is bisexual, was part of her country’s mixed 2000-meter relay that won bronze. Canadian ice dancer Paul Poirier, who is gay, and his partner, Piper Gilles, won bronze.
Laura Zimmermann, who is queer, is a member of the Swiss women’s hockey team that won bronze when they defeated Sweden.
Outsports.com notes all of the LGBTQ Olympians who competed at the games and who medaled.
Sports
US wins Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey
Team captain Hilary Knight proposed to girlfriend on Wednesday
The U.S. women’s hockey team on Thursday won a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. The game took place a day after Team USA captain Hilary Knight proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter — Knight’s teammates — are also LGBTQ. They are among the more than 40 openly LGBTQ athletes who are competing in the games.
The Olympics will end on Sunday.
Sports
Attitude! French ice dancers nail ‘Vogue’ routine
Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry strike a pose in memorable Olympics performance
Madonna’s presence is being felt at the Olympic Games in Italy.
Guillaume Cizeron and his rhythm ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France performed a flawless skate to Madonna’s “Vogue” and “Rescue Me” on Monday.
The duo scored an impressive 90.18 for their effort, the best score of the night.
“We’ve been working hard the whole season to get over 90, so it was nice to see the score on the screen,” Fournier Beaudry told Olympics.com. “But first of all, just coming out off the ice, we were very happy about what we delivered and the pleasure we had out there. With the energy of the crowd, it was really amazing.”
Watch the routine on YouTube here.
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