Gymnast Josh Dixon competed for Stanford and, after coming out in 2012, dreamt of becoming the first openly gay American Olympic gymnast. Though he fell short of his goal in 2012 and 2016, Dixon told Out that "coming out was necessary in accepting who I was," allowing him to grow as a person and an athlete. "It was more or less a decision to be a role model and to say, 'You know, it's okay to be yourself, and to be yourself in the sporting world.'"
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