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Out speed skater Blake Skjellerup gets married in Hawaii
Speed skater Blake Skjellerup is a married man.
Skjellerup, who represented New Zealand in the 2010 Olympics, shared on social media Tuesday (28 July) that he and stylist Saul Carrasco tied the knot earlier this month in Hawaii.
Skjellerup, 30, came out four months after he competed in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver where he finished 16th.
Four years later, he was willing to risk arrest and deportation at the Sochi Winter Olympics by wearing a rainbow pin to show his support for the maligned LGBT community in Russia. But he failed in his attempt to qualify for the 500-meter race by just one spot.
He would have been the only gay athlete at those Olympics.
While working as an official ambassador for the Gay Games in Cleveland, Ohio, last year, Skjellerup told Cleveland Scene that he used to think his romantic dreams would never come true.
‘I think when I was 16, I was starting to figure out who I was, and my biggest fear was that I couldn’t lead the life that I wanted, which was to get married and have children.
‘And as I’ve matured, I came to learn that none of that was true: I could get married if I wanted to and I could have children if I wanted to. Four years after coming out, life couldn’t be any better, and I know that I can have all that.’
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Greg Hernandez
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