In an interview with the Sunday Mirror the 52-year-old said she was both nervous and excited. Kelly who won two golds at the 2004 games in Athens has told how she lived a secret life for 34 years.
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Dame Kelly Holmes has come out at the age of 52 and the Olympics legend said she went through dark times and is now grateful to be breaking the news on her own terms.
. S peaking during Pride month the two-time gold medal winning Olympic champion said she realised she was. Olympic legend Dame Kelly Holmes has come out as gay at the age of 52. She held the British 800.
Sunday Mirror She also dreaded being outed or judged. Alan Carr Oti Mabuse and Iwan Thomas were among the famous faces to share their support for Dame Kelly Holmes after she publicly came out as gay. Dame Kelly Holmes says she is getting rid of that fear as the Olympic champion reveals she is gay.
Dame Kelly Holmes has announced she is gay and says she has hidden it for 34 years. In an exclusive interview. British Olympic hero Dame Kelly Holmes has revealed she is gay.
Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in AthensShe set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600 and 1000 metre distances. Dame Kelly Holmes has come out during Pride month. Dame Kelly Holmes has announced that she is gay saying she needed to do this now.
Speaking during Pride month the two-time gold medallist said she realised she was gay at the age of 17 after. The Olympic runner 52 has spoken about her. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror the 52-year-old said she was both nervous and excited.
Dame Kelly Holmes says she is getting rid of that fear as the Olympic champion reveals she is gay. Dame is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth countries such as Australia and New Zealand with the masculine form of address being SirIt is the female equivalent for knighthood which is traditionally granted to. Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY born 19 April 1970 is a retired British middle distance athlete.
She said this fear tainted a parade after winning 800 and 1500 metres gold in. But she never felt able to reveal her. 822k Followers 898 Following 649 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Dame Kelly damekellyholmes.
The sporting icon said she realised she was gay when she was a soldier at the age of 17 and kissed a female comrade. Kelly 52 won Sports Personality of the Year in 2004 received a damehood the following year and set up her own youth charity the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust.
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