The Resume

(February 7, 1968- )
Raised in Calgary, Alberta
Gold medal winner in swimming (1992 Olympics)
Canadian gay-rights activist

Why he might be annoying:

He participated and set records in many games which didn't garner a lot of media attention.
He waited to announce his homosexuality after retiring from competitive swimming.
He criticized the IOC.
He did commercials for Kraft food products.

Why he might not be annoying:

He publicly announced he was a homosexual (1998).
He broke many of his own records in backstroke swimming.
He won Canada's first gold medal in swimming at the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain (1992).
He is a gay rights activist.

Credit: Ricky

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• I Come from Canada
• It Gets Better Campaign
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Award
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Olympic Medal
• Look at Me, I'm Wet
• Look at My Flowers
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14673)
• Ricky's Profiles [Series 01]
• Swimmers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 68.57% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 74 Votes: 63.51% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 111 Votes: 57.66% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 182 Votes: 49.45% Annoying