With the Olympics in London this summer, it’s only fitting that portraits and photos of gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham will be featured as part of an exhibit in the city for Australian artist Ross Watson. As part of the run-up to the Sept. 25 exhibit opening, actor Sir Ian McKellen has signed a print [...]
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Matthew Mitcham proud to carry the banner for gay athletes
Matthew Mitcham is not shying away from being labeled the “gay diver.” Instead, he is embracing the unique role he has an openly gay elite athlete, knowing his speaking out can make a difference. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Mitcham was clear that interest in his being a gay athlete was not [...]
Matthew Mitcham hits perfect dive, qualifies for Olympics
Matthew Mitcham will get a chance to defend his 10-meter platform title at the Olympics after qualifying at the Australian diving trials in Adelaide. He scored a perfect 10 from all seven judges during his fifth dive. “It’s nice to be back,” said Mitcham, 24. It looks like everything I’m doing is starting to work [...]
Matthew Mitcham wins 4 diving silvers
Australian diver Matthew Mitcham wound up with four silver medals at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in India. The Games feature athletes from the 54 nations of what was formerly the British Commonwealth. Mitcham lost the 10-meter platform event to Tom Daley of Britain, who had one dive that had perfect 10s. Share on Facebook
Matthew Mitcham perfect in diving final
Matthew Mitcham must feel like China is a home-pool advantage for him. First, he won the gold medal in the 10-meter men’s platform at the Beijing Olympics, coming from behind on the final dive. And Sunday he won the 10-meter event again at the FINA World Cup in Beijing. And he needed a perfect score [...]
Weekend hot jock: Matthew Mitcham
Congratulations to out Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham, who is the new face of Funky Trunks, a swimwear company that features gorgeous patterns in very tight swimsuits. Some had complained that Mitcham had not been able to land any endorsement deals post-Olympics, so we’re glad he’s found a home in some very hot swimsuits. By the [...]
Matthew Mitcham to attend Gay Games
Openly gay Olympic gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham will attend the Gay Games in Cologne this summer, the Federation of Gay Games has announced. While he won’t be competing (good news for those under-30 divers out there!), he will attend various events as a Gay Games ambassador. I’m excited to be part of something so [...]
Mitcham does not medal in 10M diving final
Matthew Mitcham misfired on his final dive and finished out of the medals in the 10-meter platform event at the FINA world swimming and diving championships in Rome. This was the same event where the openly gay Aussie shocked the world last year at the Olympics by winning the gold with a sensational final dive. [...]
Video: Matthew Mitcham endorses Gay Games
Olympic gold medalist has taped a video encouraging people to participate in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. Not much to it, but Mitcham has not shied away from working with the gay sports movement. Share on Facebook
Mitcham avoids swine flu after Mexico trip
Olympic gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham is showing no signs of swine flu after returning early to Australia from Mexico where he was attending a diving competition. He will stay home in a voluntary isolation for a couple of days as a precautionary measure. Mitcham, 21, will stay at home with his partner [Lachlan Fletcher], [...]
Mitcham still puzzled by lack of sponsors
In an interview with the Telegraph of London, openly gay gold medal-winning diver Matthew Mitcham says he remains puzzled by his lack of endorsements and hopes that homophobia is not the cause. In February, Mitcham signed his only deal to date with an Australian telecom. Although he insists he has had nothing but positive feedback [...]
Matthew Mitcham’s new role as ambassador
Never one to pass by a Matthew Mitcham story without stopping, I caught a new interview the Olympic swimming stud has with a gay media outlet in which he talks about coming out, a lack of endorsements and — this is fresh material — his role as Ambassador for Men’s Health in Australia. “Obviously my [...]
Matthew Mitcham leads gay Mardi Gras parade
Gold-medal Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham was the grand marshal of the annual gay Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia, attended by an estimated 300,000 people. (See full-size image of Mitcham on parade). Mitcham took center stage on the first float, dressed in green shorts and gold singlet, his Beijing gold medal hanging around his neck. [...]
Mitcham only gay Aussie celeb to talk
The news.com in Australia wanted to talk to openly gay Australian celebrities about the hurdles of being gay, and had their angle when the only one who would talk to them was Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham. One celebrity talent manager, who did not wish to be named, told news.com.au he advised clients not to [...]
Mitcham cleans up at Aussie championships
Matthew Mitcham, in his first competition since winning gold at the Olympics, won four diving titles at this weekend’s Australian diving championships. Mitcham won individual titles in the 10-meter platform and 1- and 3-meter springboard and teamed up with Grant Nel to win the 3-meter synchronized. Mitcham, who turned 21 on March 2, was phenomenal [...]
Site says Mitcham got early endorsement offer
While gay people around the world were screaming “homophobia” because Matthew Mitcham had not received any endorsement-deal offers in 2008, it seems he did. AussieBum was rumored months ago to be planning on offering him a deal, and now SameSame says AussieBum did offer him a six-figure deal, but that Mitcham’s management ignored the offer [...]
Phone company inks Mitcham to deal
Telstra, Australia’s largest phone company, has signed openly gay Olympic gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham to a one-year deal. This is Mitcham’s first endorsement contract since the Olympics. While no dollar figure was disclosed, Mitcham said it would be a “significant” help as he trains for competitions, with his goal being a repeat gold medal-winning [...]
Is homophobia costing Mitcham?
Six months after winning the gold medal in diving, Australian Matthew Mitcham still has yet to secure a major sponsorship or endorsement deal. We have written about this extensively on Outsports, but the issue came to the fore again with the profile of Mitcham in the current issue of the Advocate. There are two schools [...]
Matthew Mitcham uncovered and unplugged
Can you ever get enough of Matthew Mitcham? We thought so. The hunky Aussie swimmer and Olympic champion is the subject of a cover story in the Advocate. He captivated Olympic diving fans and became an instant gay hero with his come-from-behind win in diving gold last summer. But what does he do for an [...]
Mitcham puzzled by lack of endorsements
Four months after winning a gold medal in platform diving, Australian Matthew Mitcham still has not secured any sponsorships, a development that perplexes him. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Mitcham says he does not regret coming out before the Games, but does wonder if that has made any companies cautious. Yeah, I [...]