Outsports » Mark Leduc http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog Jock Talk Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 18:10:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Gay Olympic silver medalist has died http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2009/07/27/gay-olympic-silver-medalist-mark-leduc-has-died/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gay-olympic-silver-medalist-mark-leduc-has-died http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2009/07/27/gay-olympic-silver-medalist-mark-leduc-has-died/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:32:56 +0000 Cyd Zeigler jr. http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/?p=7516

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Gay Olympic silver medalist Mark Leduc has died at the age of 47. He won his Olympic medal for Canada in boxing in 1992. He was apparently found dead in a sauna, and the assumption is that he died of heat stroke: A strange way to go for someone who made his career knowing the [...]

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]]> Gay Olympic silver medalist Mark Leduc has died at the age of 47. He won his Olympic medal for Canada in boxing in 1992. He was apparently found dead in a sauna, and the assumption is that he died of heat stroke: A strange way to go for someone who made his career knowing the ins and outs of a gym. But little about Leduc was conventional. He found his way to boxing while serving time in a penitentiary for armed robbery. He spent time later in life speaking on gay issues and to gay youth in particular.

Hat tips to Doug W and Enigma.

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