For the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, For The Win is helping you get to know some of the star Olympians competing on the world’s biggest stage. Leading up to the Opening Ceremony, we’re highlighting 15 Team USA athletes we think you should get to know. Up next is figure skater Timothy LeDuc.
LeDuc may be making history as the first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian, but they want to make sure that’s not the only focus, as they and figure skating pairs partner Ashley Cain-Gribble — the reigning U.S. champions — get set to compete in Beijing.
“My hope is that when people see my story, it isn’t focused on me and saying, ‘Oh, Timothy is the first out non-binary person to achieve this level of success in sport,'” they said, via NBC Sports earlier this month. “My hope is that the narrative shifts more to, ‘Queer people can be open and successful in sports.’ We’ve always been here, we’ve always been a part of sports. We just haven’t always been able to be open.”
Here are some things to know about LeDuc ahead of the 2022 Games.
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