Robert Alexis Páez Rodriguez (born 1 June 1994 in

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) is a

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n diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard at the

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Personal life

On 8 April 2018, Páez came out as gay.

References

1994 births Living people People from Cumaná Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic divers of Venezuela Venezuelan male divers LGBT divers Venezuelan LGBT sportspeople Gay sportsmen Divers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games Divers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub