Brazilian Diver Ian Matos Announces He’s Gay

Brazilian Diver Ian Matos announces he’s gay in an interview with Correio newspaper.

Matos said he was inspired by Tom Daley’s recent coming out video.

Brazilian Diver Ian Matos has announced that he’s gay through a recent interview with Correio newspaper.

He said that he only started to explore his sexuality in 2013, when he moved to Rio de Janeiro,

“I knew I was gay from a young age, but it was here that I got to live my sexuality,”

In 2013, Matos was Brazil’s champion on the 3m diving platform and is looking forward to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio.

He was going to wait until after the Olympics to come out, but he was inspired by Tom Daley’s coming out video.

Watch Matos working on a new dive on YouTube.

Source: Same Same

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