Olympic gymnast Rebeca Andrade comes out by hard-launching girlfriend
Rebeca Andrade and her partner (Instagram/rebecarandrade)
Queer gymnastics fans are celebrating after Olympic gymnast Rebeca Andrade came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community by hard-launching her new girlfriend on Instagram.
Andrade, who has previously won six Olympic medals for Brazil, shared a sweet picture of her girlfriend kissing her cheek to her Instagram stories this week.
A caption, originally written in Portuguese, reads: “Thank you for supporting me and being here at this important moment in my life! I love you.”
A number of fans shared their delight at the news in the r/gymnastics subreddit. “I just shrieked ‘REBECA ANDRADE GAY?!’” one user wrote.
“What a recruit for Team [rainbow emoji]’s WAG (Women’s Artistic Gymnastics) team!” said another. “She’s already one of the ultimate inspirations in the sport, but now she’s even more of an inspiration!”
‘Another win for us LGBT gym fans’
Another simply shared: “OUR TEAM STAYS WINNING!”
Several fans also referenced Jade Carey, another gymnastics Olympic medalist that came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community last year when she shared that she was dating her girlfriend, Aimee Sinacola.
“Yay, with her and Jade, I love that we’re seeing more and more gymnasts being openly out with their partners during their careers!” one user wrote. “Anyways, another win for us LGBT gym fans.”
“QUEEN I love her even more! Also this means that the last two WAG Olympic floor champions have both been LGBTQ+, slay representation!” said another.
Andrade is the most decorated Brazilian and Latin American gymnast of all time, and the most decorated Brazilian Olympian in any discipline.
She has won six Olympic and nine World medals, including Olympic gold for vault in 2020 and floor exercise in 2024. She also earned the title of World Champion for all-round in 2022 and for vault in 2021 and 2023.
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