Blake Skjellerup
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Blake Skjellerup is a short-track speed skater who competed for New Zealand
at the 2010 Winter Olympics
. Skjellerup finished sixteenth in the 2010 Olympics.
Skjellerup came out as gay in May 2010, saying he had decided to wait until after the Games to do so in order to focus on his performance and to avoid turning off potential sponsors. Skjellerup lives and trains in Calgary, Canada. He is one of only a few openly gay Olympic athletes.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
at the 2010 Winter Olympics
New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics
New Zealand participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 16 athletes were named by January 28, 2010.- Alpine skiing :- Biathlon :- Cross-country skiing :- Freestyle skiing :...
. Skjellerup finished sixteenth in the 2010 Olympics.
Skjellerup came out as gay in May 2010, saying he had decided to wait until after the Games to do so in order to focus on his performance and to avoid turning off potential sponsors. Skjellerup lives and trains in Calgary, Canada. He is one of only a few openly gay Olympic athletes.