Olympic athlete a “secret” fan of Roxette
Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on March 26, 2006 to Fans.
MELBOURNE - 
The Swedish postal service honored Roxette by issuing a postage stamp with their image back in 1991. But how many Roxette fans have been similarly honored?
Of course, the King and Queen of Sweden have appeared on a multitude of Swedish postage stamps, and all the members of the royal family are known to enjoy the music of both Roxette and Gyllene Tider, especially Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria. But there’s another fan, from a country well known for their love of Swedish pop, whose image has appeared on a postage stamp.
The Daily Roxette has uncovered that Olympic gold medalist Michael Diamond, 33, a target shooter from Australia, listens to Roxette. In fact, he recently mentioned the group to Melbourne’s Daily Telegraph as one of his secret loves (along with gardening) when the paper asked several Australian athletes to share their “secrets.”
Diamond succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal for trap shooting both in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000).
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20 comments
Room_service said on March 27, 2006 06:02:
Well, Roxette + gardening = he’s gay (I am 99.99% sure) LOL! I haven’t seen a gay holding a gun before!
RobS said on March 27, 2006 08:29:
Nice to hear!! I wonder what other ’celebrities’ might be Roxette fans as well??
I wouldn’t say he’s popular, but he is well known. He was big news after he won a shooting event at the Olympics a few years ago.
I would’ve thought most aussies would at least recognise the name?
Hotblooded said on March 27, 2006 09:19:
I remember him! That’s cool at least he admits it ;) hehehe
Roxwriter said on March 27, 2006 09:30:
@Room_service
Plenty of gays hold guns... :-)
Probably just not the one’s you’re thinking of
;-p
Queen_Marie said on March 27, 2006 09:43:
That’s great! Any publicity for Roxette in Australia is certainly a good thing.
PolicarpoAroca said on March 27, 2006 11:36:
Room_Service: quite an homofobic comment...full of ridiculous prejudices. My fathern likes gardening and some Roxette songs...and he is not gay.
By the way, it could be nice Michael Diamon would be gay...he is gorgeous in a way!!!
Room_service said on March 27, 2006 15:08:
It was not homophobic, it was just a joke. You take everything so seriously, guy. It was SOAP, now this...
ratpack said on March 27, 2006 22:35:
What for celebrities other the swedish royal Family is Roxette ” Fan”?
shannyn77 said on March 27, 2006 23:25:
@brent - well i thought he was well known but then i watch too much news - I remeber in the athens olypics and i think he had a domestic violence charge on him and he really worried he wouldnt be able to hold a gun licence and then wouldnt be able to compete - i think that was him anyway...........
plectrum said on March 28, 2006 05:13:
Its very nice & respectful to hear that an athlete of such calibre comes out with such high regaurds for roxette,i for one will definatley look out for him when the next olympics comes around,(good on yer mate)
Fortius said on March 30, 2006 02:24:
Great!
An Olympic Champion who likes Roxette!!!!
I´m little jealous, and a little too late, because I wanted to be the first Olympic Champion who likes Roxette.
There must to be more.
I hope there are more...
Does anybody know more Olympian fans??? whether they won the gold or not, just athletes of any sport that had participated on any Olympic Games...
Santi said on March 31, 2006 09:08:
Hej, one of the guys married to a daughter of the King of Spain, who used to play handball (Iñaki Urdangarín) is said to be a Roxette fan, and he won 2 bronze medals in the Olympics (Atlanta and Sydney).
shannyn77 said on March 27, 2006 05:05:
Very cool - he is heaps popular here in Aus but I had never read that before!!