Moiser, who has competed in both duathlons and triathlons since 2009, became the first openly transgender athlete to compete as part of a U.S. National Team after placing seventh in a 2015 duathlon. In the video above, Mosier, Team USA’s first transgender athlete, acknowledges that he’s had to deal with a lot of uncertainty to get to this point.
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“Unlimited Courage” is the latest addition to the “Nike Unlimited Campaign”, which includes the “Unlimited Future” film, “Unlimited You” film, and the company’s recent series of athlete short films.
To each question, he answers “I didn’t”. “How’d you know the team would accept you?” and again, he replied with the same thing, “I didn’t!”
In the 30-second “Unlimited Courage” ad, the camera follows Mosier as he trains and a narrator asks him how he knew he’d be fast enough to compete against men or that he’d be allowed to compete at all.
“Every success that I’ve had since then has shown me that anything is really possible”. At just four years old, Mosier knew that his biological sex (female) and his gender identity (male) were irreconcilable. I always wanted my name on a jersey. “I’m just happy about what this means in a broader sense for the sport in helping young athletes. It’s just such an incredible opportunity – and an awesome opportunity for other people to see themselves reflected in someone succeeding in sports as a trans man”, Mosier told Nike.
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In an interview with Rolling Stone earlier this month, Mosier talked about why he worked to become the first out trans athlete in the Olympics.
