(born 1960) Best-known for his diving feats at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, when he continued to compete after hitting his head against the board during the preliminary rounds. After being stitched up, Louganis came back to win the gold medals for both platform and springboard, as he had at the 1988 Los Angeles, CA games.

At Seoul, Louganis was already HIV-positive, taking AZT to enable him to compete.

A year later he announced his retirement and became a stage actor. Two of his roles were as gay men; in 1994 he publicly acknowledged his sexuality at Gay Games IV in New York City. His autobiography Breaking the Surface (1995), describes the experiences of a gay athlete.