--- title: Olympic Skier Gus Kenworthy Comes Out As Gay description: Gus Kenworthy took to Twitter on Thursday to make a statement he had long known to be true about himself canonical: https://time.com/4083587/olympic-skier-gus-kenworthy-gay/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-22T18:49:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:15.996Z og:title: Olympic Freeskier Gus Kenworthy Comes Out as Gay og:description: He made the announcement on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/4083587/olympic-skier-gus-kenworthy-gay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323cea672dfccf61/6988696d2dce011db99e6236/gus-kenworthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: The Today Show Gallery of Olympians og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Olympic Freeskier Gus Kenworthy Comes Out as Gay twitter:description: He made the announcement on Twitter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323cea672dfccf61/6988696d2dce011db99e6236/gus-kenworthy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Olympic Freeskier Gus Kenworthy Comes Out as Gay > Sponsored content. 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Gus Kenworthy of the USA Skiing team poses with his silver medal in the Olympic Park during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2014.Scott Halleran—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 22, 2015 6:49 PM UTC Gus Kenworthy took to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/guskenworthy) on Thursday to make a statement he had long known to be true about himself. “I am gay,” the American freeskier [tweeted](https://twitter.com/guskenworthy/status/657213362137272320?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw). These three simple words were accompanied by a picture of the cover of the latest issue of _ESPN The Magazine_ in which the Olympic silver medalist made the announcement. > [](https://twitter.com/guskenworthy/status/657213362137272320) Kenworthy previously garnered worldwide attention not only for medaling at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but also for [adopting four dogs](http://time.com/41428/sochi-dogs-washington/) during the games. In the [interview](http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/%5F/id/13942305/olympic-freeskier-x-games-star-gus-kenworthy-first-openly-gay-action-sports-athlete), he spoke about his decision to come out publicly after confiding in his family and close friends nearly two years ago. He said he was apprehensive about the reaction from the action sports community. “They say it’s a community of individuals and everyone is doing their own thing and it’s not a team sport, so you get to be yourself. But you don’t really,” he told _ESPN_. “Everyone wears a Red Bull or Monster or Rockstar cap, a T-shirt and jeans and skate shoes. Everyone drives the same type of car and listens to the same kind of music. The industry isn’t the most embracing of someone who’s different. I’m nervous about that.” But the 24-year-old explained that he finally felt ready to share his story with the world. “Hiding everything away is so painful. I mean, it’s like you’re constantly lying and you’re constantly feeling like you’re being deceitful. 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