Brian Orser
Canadian former professional figure skater; Canadian figure skating coach
Brian Orser, OC (born December 18, 1961 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian figure skater. He won two silver medals (second place) at the Olympics: the first in 1984 and the second in 1988.
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At the 1988 Olympics, he was part of the Battle of the Brians. He and American Brian Boitano were both favorites to win the competition. Boitano won it in a very close call over Orser.
In 1998, an ex-boyfriend of Orser announced in a court of law that Orser is gay. Orser did not want this known at first. He thought that people knowing that he was gay would affect his career in a negative way. However, he has since embraced being outed.[1]
Orser retired from show skating in 2007. He now is a co-director of skating at a rink in Toronto.
References
change- ↑ "Skater Brian Orser loses fight to suppress ex-boyfriend's suit". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to Brian Orser.
- Brian Orser: Canadian Excellence - Official website
- ESPN's brief history of gay athletes