LGBTQ Olympians and Paralympians |
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Lists of LGBTQ Summer Olympic athletes by debut |
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Lists of LGBTQ Winter Olympic athletes by debut |
List of LGBTQ Paralympians by debut |
There have been 864 modern Olympians [a] (including Paralympians, Summer Olympic athletes and artists, and Winter Olympians) who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, and/or queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship. The first Olympic Games in which an athlete now known to be LGBT+ competed was the 1900 Summer Olympics, also the first LGBT+ Olympic medalist and first contemporaneously out Olympian. [b] [c] LGBT+ Olympians have contested events across over 60 sports, as well as several artistic events. The majority of LGBT+ Olympians are female. The Olympic sport with the most LGBT+ participants is football. The nation with the most out LGBT+ Olympians is the United States, including two who have also competed for other nations. [d] [a]
The most decorated LGBT+ Olympian is British Paralympic equestrian Lee Pearson, with 17 medals including 14 golds; [e] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Olympian is Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, with 13 medals including 6 golds; [f] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Summer Olympian is Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals including 5 golds. [c] LGBT+ Olympians who hold Olympic records include Wüst; [g] footballers Pia Sundhage and Vivianne Miedema; [h] rower Emma Twigg; [i] and triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, who also holds the world record. [j] At least 396 LGBT+ Olympians are medalists (45.83% of LGBT+ Olympians), of which 184 have at least one gold medal (21.30%). [k]
All based on the Lists of LGBTQ+ Olympians and Paralympians
Sport | Number of Olympians by gender [N 17] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Non-binary | Total | |||||
Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | |||
![]() ![]() | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
![]() | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
![]() ![]() | 37 | 2 [N 18] | 2 | 15 | 2 [N 19] | — | 4 [N 19] | 62 |
![]() | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
![]() ![]() | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 [N 19] | 65 |
![]() | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
![]() | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 13 | — | — | 2 | 1 [N 19] | — | — | 16 |
![]() ![]() | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
![]() | – | – | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
![]() | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 25 [N 20] | 1 [N 19] | — | 1 | — | — | — | 27 |
![]() | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 24 |
![]() ![]() | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
![]() | 5 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 1 [N 21] | 33 |
![]() | 182 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 [N 19] | 186 |
![]() | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
![]() | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
![]() | 7 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 19 |
![]() | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 |
![]() | 32 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 34 |
![]() | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 |
![]() ![]() | 17 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 18 |
![]() | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
![]() | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 28 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 [N 19] | 33 |
![]() | 31 | — | — | — | 1 [N 19] | — | 1 [N 19] | 33 |
![]() | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
![]() | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
![]() | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 [N 19] | 7 |
![]() | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
![]() | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
![]() | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
![]() | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 10 |
![]() | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
![]() | 16 | — | — | 26 [N 22] | — | — | 1 [N 19] | 43 |
![]() | 1 | — | — | — | 1 [N 19] | — | — | 2 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
![]() ![]() | 22 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 24 |
![]() ![]() | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7 |
![]() ![]() | 21 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 24 |
![]() | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 1 [N 19] | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Art | Number of Olympians by gender [N 17] | |||||||
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Female | Male | Non-binary | Total | |||||
Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | |||
Epic Literature | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Dance [N 23] | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Drawings and water colours (Painting) | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Graphic arts | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Literature (Open) | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 |
Lyric works (Literature) | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Painting | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 7 |
Sculpting (Open) | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 |
Statue sculpting | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
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