Английская Википедия:Dylan Geick

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Dylan Geick (born September 9, 1998) is an American social media personality, writer, and amateur wrestler. He speaks on his experience as an LGBTQ person in athletics and the army. Geick wrestled for the Columbia Lions from 2017 to 2018. Geick served in the United States Army for a brief period of just over one year, before leaving.

Life and career

Geick was born on September 9, 1998, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.Шаблон:Sfn At Stevenson High School,Шаблон:Sfn Geick was a three-time member of the Illinois Freestyle national team and came in 4th in 152 lb and 160 lb weight divisions at the Illinois High School Sports Association state Championships 2 years in a row. In 2017, Geick self-published Early Works: A Collection of Poetry.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He is a YouTuber and speaks on his experience as an out LGBT athlete and Internet celebrity.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn For a time Geick was involved in a relationship with fellow YouTuber and internet celebrity Jackson Krecioch.Шаблон:Sfn In 2019, Geick helped advise the National Collegiate Athletic Association on its compensation policy.Шаблон:Sfn

After his 2017 graduation from Stevenson, Geick went to Columbia University. Shortly after committing to attend, a series of homophobic, sexist, and racist comments surfaced in the wrestling team's GroupMe. The coach, Zach Tanelli, reached out to Geick to condemn the comments.Шаблон:Sfn Geick joined the Columbia Lions wrestling team and studied English. In late 2019, Geick went on leave from the school and enlisted in the United States Army.Шаблон:Sfn In a March 2021 interview, Geick shared that he was discharging from the military in a few weeks.Шаблон:Sfn

Шаблон:As of, Geick had 678,000 followers on Instagram, over 200,000 YouTube subscribers, and 50,000 followers on TikTok.Шаблон:Sfn

Personal life

In 2016, Geick began posting pictures of him with his boyfriend on Instagram and then came out as gay to some schoolmates.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He came out to wider audiences in 2017 in an article in Stevenson's school newspaperШаблон:Sfn and a profile in Outsports.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn From 2017 to 2019, he was in an on-again, off-again relationship with YouTuber Jackson Krecioch.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In April 2023, Dylan confirmed in a YouTube video that he now and for some time has recognized his sexuality as queer.[1]

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