⁍ Olympic gold medallist Greg Louganis still questions whether he missed out on lucrative sponsorship deals because he was gay and HIV+.

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⁍ The diver turned LGBT+ activist, actor and author found out he was HIV positive six months before the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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⁍ He thought his life was over – instead Louganis went on to become the only man in Olympic history to win both platform and springboard events at consecutive games.

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– Greg Louganis is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the best diver in the world, and the only man to win both platform and springboard events at consecutive games—but the 60-year-old says he missed out on top TV and sponsorship deals because he’s gay and HIV-positive, Reuters reports. “I’ve heard rumblings that certain things I didn’t get because it was rumored I was gay,” Louganis says. “One of the responses was that, ‘Well you wanted to pursue your acting thing.’ Well, that shouldn’t inhibit me being able to do expert commentary. It’s a sport that I know.” Louganis, who came out as HIV+ in the mid-1990s, says he thought his life was over when he was diagnosed six months before the 1988 Seoul Olympics. “I thought I was saying goodbye to everybody,” he says. “Once I figured it out … I was embarrassed. I’m supposed to be a pretty good diver. … But you know what? I have some life experience that is really quite interesting that I can share.”