March 21st, 2010
 

365 Gay: Living

Lesbians Bring Home the Medals at the 2008 Olympics

, AfterEllen.com

The team’s celebration of their history-making win happened to coincide with Nyberg’s 29th birthday.

"I don’t care about my birthday right now, but it was nice of the other girls to give me this gold as birthday present."

Nyberg and Hammerseng celebrate the gold medal win

Hammerseng and Katja (top row, second and third from right)
celebrate their gold medals with their team

Hammerseng shows off her gold medal

The two officially came out as a couple in 2005, and have been casually public about their relationship ever since. After Norway won the European Handball Championship in 2006, Hammerseng drew an imaginary heart in the air directed towards Nyberg (who was sitting in the stands), and Nyberg reciprocated.

Hammerseng and Nyberg

The two officially came out as a couple in 2007, when Hammerseng told a Norwegian newspaper, “If girls can see me and Katja and know that it is possible to be a known athlete and still live openly [gay], that is really good.”

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  • AJ Said: August 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
    • The caption on the last picture says Soccer team …great report though

  • paul kay Said: August 25th, 2008 at 9:11 am
    • our world in trouble!!! this is a celebration of mediocrity.

  • michelle Said: August 26th, 2008 at 4:35 am
    • there are so many more openly gay athletes at the olympics! they just didn’t get the chance to win medals!!

  • Jerry Callaio Said: October 31st, 2008 at 11:57 am
    • if we are legislated to 2nd class citizens,why pay same taxes?churches are now political;why are they keeping their tax-exempt status??in florida i cannot adopt, so why should i pay school taxes!!!! TIME TO ACT-UP PEOPLE!

 
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