Polish Olympian Katarzyna Zillmann tells the world she’s queer after winning silver

Olympic rower Katarzyna Zillmann has opened up about being queer after winning a silver medal for Poland on Wednesday (28 July).

Zillmann won silver with her team in the quadruple sculls and, speaking to reporters afterwards, thanked her girlfriend, according to Advocate.

The Olympian explained that she has been open about being in a same-sex relationship, even speaking to the media about it previously, but it had never been reported.

“The conversations with you after the medal race were not groundbreaking for me,” she told Sportowe Fakty.

“I’ve already talked about it in interviews before, but for some reason, it wasn’t published.”

Now that the public knows she is queer, however, she wants to use her platform as an Olympic medallist to advocate for the LGBT+ community.

She continued: “I know that in this way I will help others.

“It was enough that I showed up in a T-shirt with the words ‘Sport against homophobia’ and I got a few messages from young girls practicing rowing.

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