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	Mark Tewksbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tewksbury gold medal was Canada's first at the Barcelona games and the first Canadian gold in swimming since the Communist boycotted 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
		Tewksbury became a prominent advocate for gay rights and gay causes in Canada and the world, including strong support for the World Outgames.
		Tewksbury remains a public figure working as a motivational speaker, a television commentator for swimming events, and a continued activist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Tewksbury (385 words)

	Tewksbury, Mark
		Tewksbury, Mark, swimmer (b at Calgary 7 Feb 1968).
		Tewksbury joined the National swim team at the young age of 16 in 1984 and had his first international success at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where he won gold in the 100m backstroke.
		Tewksbury considered retiring but felt there was much left for him to accomplish in the pool.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0007929 (275 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tewksbury, now 37, recounted a life of struggle, inner conflict and isolation, but also one of ultimate professional and personal triumph after he came out of the closet seven years ago.
		Tewksbury, engaging and polished in his talk (he is also a popular motivational speaker), described what it was like for him, a native of conservative Calgary, to become an Olympic gold medallist in Barcelona ’92 while feeling isolated and even, at times, ashamed about his orientation.
		Tewksbury was briefly seduced by it all, but he eventually realized that the soul and spirit of the Olympic movement was becoming corrupted.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=7347 (701 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tewksbury went on to become a co-founder of OATH (Olympic Athletes Together Honorably), the first independent, international, athlete-lead organization in the world which is dedicated to creating constructive solutions to the problems facing international sport.
		Mark is a man of integrity who stands up for that which he believes.
		Mark's openness, combined with his unique ability to communicate his feelings of himself and the world around him continue to make him a leader in the field of inspiration.
	www.campusaccess.com /campus_weB/student/s2acad_exp.htm (861 words)

	ISHOF - Mark Tewksbury (CAN) - 2000 Honor Swimmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mark Tewksbury was on his way to Olympic stardom and world record history.
		Tewksbury’s wins were life-changing, putting him on the cover of Time Magazine and awarding him Canadian Athlete of the Year, the Meritorious Service Medal and a place in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
		Mark attended the University of Calgary (1986-1989) and graduated from the University of New South Wales (1995) in Sydney, Australia with a degree in Political Science.
	www.ishof.org /00mtewksbury.html (735 words)

	Gay & Lesbian Health & Fitness from 365Gay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mark Tewksbury is a man on a mission.
		But, that wasn't enough, Tewksbury is also working to bring gay athletics under a new banner that he says will promote a more organized system, one that will help teams and sports groups around the world plan for the future.
		Tewksbury told the media that many people had already assumed he was gay during his swimming career.
	www.365gay.com /health/fitness/Sports/SportFeatures/011505SportFeat.htm (643 words)

	queersport.org \| News \| Mark Tewksbury (Outgames 2006): "Montréal will be a legacy for the future"
		Tewksbury: "We were coming to the end of our second year of production when suddenly it seemed we were facing a really difficult situation.
		Mark Tewksbury explains the spirit of Montréal: "Regardless if you are American, European, Canadian, Australian - there is such a unique mixture of language, culture, architecture, food, and geography in Montreal that is greatly influenced by history.
		Mark Tewksbury is convinced that it will be a success: "It will be a legacy for the future.
	www.queersport.org /pages/news9990.html (1109 words)

	Shaun Proulx Talks to Mark Tewksbury
		National heroes are not supposed to be secretly gay, and as the twenty-four year old Olympic champion went through the motions of meeting the expectations and demands of those around him, he was, as he told me recently over the phone from his home in Montreal, at the lowest point in his life.
		When gay rumours eventually surfaced (aided by sightings of Tewksbury at gay hot spots), his agent and others vehemently denied them, sending a clear signal to Tewksbury that being who he was wasn’t acceptable.
		The attention to Tewksbury’s private live has yet to cease - everything from his love life to his recreational habits have fallen under scrutiny – but the Olympic champion has made a choice to keep moving on no matter what, determined to live life to the fullest.
	www.gayguidetoronto.com /1_shaun/mark_tewksbury.html (422 words)

	Mark's had it with Olympic dilly-dallying
		TORONTO -- Olympic gold-medallist Mark Tewksbury is resigning from the Canadian Olympic Association and the Toronto 2008 Olympic bid committee because of his disillusionment with the International Olympic Committee and its athletes' commission.
		Tewksbury has been critical of the IOC since revelations of the bribery-for-votes scandal came to light.
		Tewksbury said a decision by the IOC athletes' commission to support Samaranch was the last straw.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamOlympicScandalArchive/feb5_mark.html (257 words)

	News and Advice - StudyinCanada.com
		February 11, 2005 - Olympic gold medalist and gay rights activist Mark Tewksbury is in Calgary today to help launch Mount Royal College’s Positive Space campaign - an initiative that has been embraced by colleges and universities across Canada to encourage acceptance and openness among all students, regardless of sexual orientation.
		Tewksbury will be joined by members of the MRC Positive Space committee and the College's President, Dave Marshall.
		Organizer and faculty member Kori Street explains how the initiative began, "A year ago a group of gay and straight faculty, students and staff from across campus met because we were curious to explain the invisibility of gay and lesbian individuals on our campus," she says.
	www.studyincanada.com /English/news/pressrls.asp?ID=698&From= (257 words)

	GayWired.com - Olympic Gold Medallist Elected as Co-president of Montreal 2006 Gay Games - - The Board of Directors of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mark was voted the Swimmer of the year in 1987, 1991, 1992 and 1993 by Swimming Canada.
		Mark’s numerous sports experience and his considerable knowledge of the inner workings of the International Sport Federations and the Olympic Movement will be a wealth of information and help for the Montréal 2006 Gay Games VII Organizing Committee.
		Mark enjoys at the moment an enormously successful motivational speaking career around the world: he lights up the stage with honesty, sincerity, genuineness and humour, and mesmerizes audiences of all types and sizes with enthusiasm and forthrightness.
	www.gaywired.com /article.cfm?section=12&id=633 (763 words)

	Sports Factor - 1/03/2002: Gay Pride, Gay Prejudice in Sport
		Mark Tewksbury: I was deeply closeted as an athlete because I was terrified of coming out.
		Mark Tewksbury: Let's put it this way, I was deeply closeted as an athlete because I was terrified of coming out.
		Mark Tewksbury: I'm starting to see change really does happen one by one, and it's the cheesiest saying, If I change one person, I've done my thing today.
	www.glamourheads.org /radionational_interview.htm (4848 words)

	1992 Barcelona: Mark Tewksbury - Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000 - CBC Archives
		Backstroker Mark Tewksbury has his game face on, as shown in this CBC documentary.
		Tewksbury visualized the event and waved to the imaginary crowd over the laughter of the construction workers before he was thrown out by security.
		When the IOC bribery scandal broke in 1999, Tewksbury resigned his posts citing disappointment in the corrupt leadership.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1344-8113/sports/olympics_summer/clip7 (413 words)

	CTV.ca - Former Olympic swimmer Tewksbury admits he was addicted to pot - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian ...
		Tewksbury called his marijuana use came from dealing with the pressures, of feeling like a fraud.
		Tewksbury is now an advocate of Olympic reform and a motivational speaker.
		Tewksbury holds seven world records: one for the 200m backstroke and six for the 100m backstroke.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1025816330287_21225530?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory (269 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mark Tewksbury: “Why Not Me?” Mark Tewksbury, one of the finest athletes Canada has ever produced, did a number of things to get himself to a place of ‘want, not need’ before winning the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke in the 1998 Olympic games.
		The first way Mark took pressure off himself was to view a silver or bronze as success, not failure.
		Mark set his sights on winning, but took a low-pressure approach within himself.
	users.eastlink.ca /~hsmringette/pressure.doc (665 words)

	Coming Out Whole
		Five years after coming out, Tewksbury, 35, is an energetic, respected voice for gay rights, a man who is viewed by himself and others as a bridge between gay and mainstream cultures.
		Tewksbury is comfortably at home in this city, co-president of Rendez-Vous Montreal 2006, an international gay and lesbian sports and cultural festival that's expected to attract 16,000 participants and millions of tourist dollars.
		Tewksbury began standing by his convictions no matter the consequences.
	glrf.info /GLRF_CENTRAL/SUPPORT/Coming_Out_Whole/coming_out_whole.html (978 words)

	AM Archive - Criticism of new IOC president
		MARK TEWKSBURY: I'm not surprised, given the context of the rest of the weekend and the obvious influence that Samaranch still holds over the International Olympic Committee, that Jacques Rogge got the job because I think that he's probably the weakest of the three contenders.
		MARK TEWKSBURY: Jacques Rogge is, of the three, primarily what I would call the diplomat.
		MARK TEWKSBURY: Well I'm afraid it might mean that the Olympic movement is going to have to continue to get worse until it gets better.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s330387.htm (652 words)

	Mark J. Sauriol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		TEWKSBURY -- Mark J. Sauriol, 43, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Saints Memorial Medical Center in Lowell after a lengthy illness.
		He was a patient at Tewksbury Hospital for the past two years.
		Memorials may be made to the Patient's Bus Fund at Tewksbury Hospital, 365 East St., Tewksbury, MA 01876.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20011116/FN_002.htm (102 words)

	News & Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But it was no laughing matter to grow up gay in Calgary, which Tewksbury described as "not the most diverse of cities in the country," although he refused to be baited into describing it as redneck.
		Tewksbury describes Davis as having "spit in each of his opponents' lanes to intimidate them." But at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where the two men were part of Canada's 4x100 medley relay team, Davis put his arm around Tewksbury while psyching him up for the team's bid for a silver medal.
		Tewksbury said that, "was the first time that I felt like I had been accepted for being gay, and for being a swimmer." They won the medal.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?1998/12/18/3 (1041 words)

	Board of Directors \| 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mark Tewksbury is one of Canada’s most accomplished and renowned athletes.
		His sixteen-year swimming career is marked by many standout moments, including the three Olympic medals and seven world records that made him a national hero.
		More about Mark Tewksbury, on this CBC Television coverage on the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
	www.montreal2006.org /en_board_of_directors.html (647 words)

	Flava Online -- LesbianGayAthletes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mark Leduc is an Olympic champion who won a silver medal in Barcelona in 1992.
		And many are already quite familiar with Mark Tewksbury (not only for his jean ads), gold medallist swimmer in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
		Mark Leduc also struggled with what society expected of him as a young man. He left home when he was fifteen and turned to drugs, alcohol and sold his body on the streets.
	www.catchdaflava.com /LesbianGayAthletes (1122 words)

	Web Archive Copy: Sports Factor: Gay Pride, Gay Prejudice in Sport
		At the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, the Canadian swimmer Mark Tewksbury won a Gold Medal in the 100 metres backstroke.
		He retired from swimming after the 1992 Olympics, but stayed involved with the Olympic movement, through membership of the Canadian Olympic Committee; work with the world swimming authority, FINA; and he was being seriously groomed for IOC membership.
		Mark Tewksbury: Actually my experience has been just with the traditional Olympic movement in the past.
	www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/2002/sportsf/s494165.asp (4912 words)

	Speaker Profile - Mark Tewksbury
		Mark Tewksbury burst onto the scene at the Barcelona Olympics with a gold medal victory in the 100-metre backstroke.
		While Mark achieved greatness in a very public domain, he draws parallels we can apply to our own personal and professional lives.
		An energetic and engaging storyteller, Mark's rousing presentations use personal anecdotes to illustrate lessons learned in his own life, notably through his global involvement with the Olympics and his humanitarian work outside the sports arena.
	www.nsb.com /speakerbio.asp?i_speakerid=64 (233 words)

	United Way London and Middlesex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The guest speaker is Mark Tewksbury, Olympic Champion, Humanitarian and Leading Motivational Speaker.
		Mark Tewksbury is one of Canada’s most recognized and accomplished Olympians.
		Today, Tewksbury’s current direction in life speaks volumes about him as a person.
	www.affirmative.com /unitedway/1/p-96.htm (250 words)

	The Tewksbury Genealogy Links
		Susquehanna Co., PA Tewksburys - Cousin Mary Jean Williams has worked so hard to put numerous cemeteries, marriages, births and other original source records on her site.
		This Tewksbury mailing list is for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Tewksbury surname in any place and at any time.
		The information in the Tewksbury Tracings web site may be copied into personal databases with a proper citation noting the owner or author of the data.
	www.nataliesnet.com /tewksbury/tewkslinks.htm (309 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		TORONTO - Former Olympic swim champion Mark Tewksbury says he was addicted to marijuana after quitting the sport.
		Tewksbury called his marijuana use "a little bit of catalyst from dealing with the pressures, of obviously feeling like a fraud, a little bit."
		Tewksbury, a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, became a Canadian hero in 1992 at the Olympics in Barcelona.
	www.gaysports.com /templates/storydetailprintable.cfm?Sectionid=30&typeofsite=storydetail&ID=5&storyset=yes&parent=1 (604 words)

	Hour.ca - Three Dollar Bill
		Tewksbury orders an omelette and talks with that great TV voice of his, the one that makes him a perfect sports commentator on CTV and CBC, the voice that has powered him through 17 years of public speaking and made him the face (and co-president) of Montreal's 2006 OutGames.
		Hate to be a downer but Mark Tewsbury being the face (and co-president) of Montreal's 2006 OutGames won't make to much of a difference when it comes the homophobic sports public and the media as a whole.
		Mark Tewksbury should have attended the Open House on Labour Day Weekend at the spanking new pools in Jean Drapeau Park that hosted the 2006 FINA Aquatic Championships.
	hour.ca /columns/3dollarbill.aspx?iIDArticle=7089 (2676 words)

	queersport.org \| News \| Interview with Mark Tewksbury (Montréal 2006)
		Mark Tewksbury, you won Gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
		One of the marked differences between the Outgames and GLISA versus Gay Games and FGG is that the Gay Games were built upon a hero’s vision.
		It should be noted that replies marked with ° are from PR representative Jean-Yves Duthel on behalf of Mark Tewksbury.
	www.queersport.org /pages/news9991.html (2555 words)

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