John Fennell
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Born | May 28, 1995 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | (age 29)
John Fennell (born May 28, 1995 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2011.[1] He competed for Canada in the first ever Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where he finished 7th, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,[2] finishing 27th.
He is the son of former Canadian Football League player Dave Fennell.[3]
In May 2014, several months after competing at Sochi, Fennell came out as gay.[3]
References
- ^ John Fennell at Canada Luge
- ^ Calgary's John Fennell makes first Olympic luge team. Calgary Sun, December 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "Luger John Fennell tells the world he's gay". Regina Leader-Post, May 28, 2014.