A post shared by Marco Lehmann (@marcolehmann_13)Swiss basketball star Marco Lehmann, 27, has come out of the closet. The announcement comes just one month after Lehmann played at the 3×3 World Tour finals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.“This is for all the people who do not want to live a double life anymore, those who live in a system where they don’t even exist,” Lehmann opens his essay for the international basketball federation’s website. “This is for the future generations so they can live a free sporting life without hiding.
Not gonna lie, this is also for me so I can live free of this burden.”Lehmann goes on to detail a fantasy of scoring the winning point in a game just before the buzzer, and walking over to kiss his boyfriend.