Timothy LeDuc (born May 4, 1990) is an American pair skater. With their skating partner, Ashley Cain-Gribble, they are a two-time U.S. national champion (2019, 2022), the 2018 Four Continents silver medalist, and a three-time Grand Prix Series medallist. They are the first openly gay skater to win the pairs title at the U.S. Championships and the first openly non-binary athlete to qualify for the Winter Olympics.
Personal life
Timothy LeDuc was born May 4, 1990, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When they first came out as gay at age 18, fellow Christians attempted to make them straight through conversion therapy, which LeDuc rejected. Their family later came to accept their identity; LeDuc remarked, "Now my parents walk with me in Trans Pride marches and in Pride marches."
LeDuc became interested in figure skating after watching the 2002 Olympics, and started taking figure skating lessons through the Learn to Skate program.[3] LeDuc is the first openly gay skater to win the pairs title at the U.S. Championships.[4] LeDuc is non-binary, and began using they/them pronouns in 2021
