Lauren Meece
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| Born | 6 February 1983 Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States | |||||||||||
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Lauren Michele Meece (born 6 February 1983) is an American former judoka who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] In an editorial about LGBT Olympians being out at the Olympics she stated that athletes should be allowed to focus on their sports goals without having to be role models.[2] She came out after her competition.[3]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lauren Meece". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ Olympics Are Not the Place for Gay Politics Archived 2010-12-07 at the Wayback Machine By Lauren Meece (Reprinted with permission from South Florida Blade).
- ↑ Heath, Ryan (August 25, 2008). "A win for Australia - and for gay athletes everywhere". The Age. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
External links
- Lauren Meece at JudoInside.com
- Lauren Meece at Olympedia
- Lauren Meece at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- American female judoka
- Sportspeople from Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for the United States
- Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in judo
- American lesbian sportswomen
- LGBTQ judoka
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century American women
- American judo biography stubs