Mark Leduc

Mark Leduc (May 4, 1962 – July 22, 2009) was a boxer from Canada, who won a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.

Amateur career Amateur Record: 184-26 Won an Olympic Silver Medal 1992 for Canada.

Olympic results Defeated Godfrey Wakaabu (Uganda) 9-2 Defeated Dillon Carew (Guyana) 5-0 Defeated Laid Bouneb (Algeria) 8-1 Defeated Leonard Dorin (Romania) 13-6 Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba) 1-11

Professional boxing career Leduc turned pro in 1992 and had limited success. He retired in 1993 with a record of 4-1-0 after losing to Michel Galarneau.

Retirement and coming out In 1993, Leduc spoke about being a gay athlete in CBC Radio's documentary "The Last Closet", which aired on the weekly sports series The Inside Track; as he was not yet ready to officially come out, the interview was aired anonymously and recorded through a voice filter. Another Canadian athlete who would also subsequently come out as gay, Mark Tewksbury, also granted an anonymous interview to the same program. He also later volunteered as a speaker and mentor for various LGBT youth groups. In 2019 playwright Raymond Helkio wrote "LEDUC: A Public Life of Solitude", a play documenting the life and death of Mark Leduc.