A post shared by Hig Roberts (@higroberts)Retired, national ski champion Hig Roberts has come out as gay in interviews with the New York Times and Out.Roberts, 29, an American Alpine skier, has twice won national events – in 2017 and 2018 – before retiring in 2019.During his professional career, he competed multiple times in the World Cup and is the first member of the US Alpine Ski Team to come out as gay.
He narrowly missed out on competing for the American team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.“I am gay,” he told the NY Times.