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 Simon Dunn (27 July 1987 – 21 January 2023)^[1] was an Australian bobsledder and amateur rugby player. Raised in Wollongong, he was the first openly gay male to represent any country in the sport of bobsled,^[2] but then retired in 2016. After several years in London, he lived in Sydney and played amateur rugby before his death.^[3]

Simon Dunn grew up playing rugby league south of Sydney, in Wollongong.^[4] Struggling with his own sexuality and life in sport, he initially quit when he first came out, but resumed playing after returning to Sydney from Canada, when he became a player for the Sydney Convicts Rugby club.^[5] Travelling to Canada to further his playing career, while he worked at the Canadian Sports Institute gym, Dunn had the opportunity to try out for the Australian bobsleigh team.^[4] In making this team and representing his country, this made him the first out gay man to represent any country in the sport.^[6] He was the brakeman for Lucas Mata.^[5] Although in November 2016, he announced his retirement from bobsleigh.^[7] He then played rugby in London, UK with the Kings Cross Steelers.^[8] Dunn was also nominated and shortlisted for the Australian LGBTI Awards Sports Personality of the Year in both 2018 and 2019.^[9] Dunn contributed as a columnist to Attitude, Gay Times and DNA magazines' online editions and had more recently been a columnist on GuysLikeU and Gays with Kids.^[10][7]

In 2020 Simon made his acting debut as the lead actor in Greg Gould and Inaya Day's music video for the single "Love Like This".^[11] The video was part of Global Pride 2020.

In July 2021, Dunn announced his return to bobsleigh and intention to represent Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.^[12] He began training with the Australian team in September 2021 competing in both two-man and four-man events in Whistler, but suffered a ruptured bicep during his second four-man race of the season in Whistler, British Columbia, which required his return to Australia for treatment. In an interview he stated that the injury and rehabilitation time "make [his] chances very slim" to compete in the 2022 Olympics.^[13]

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