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List of LGBT Olympians and Paralympians
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There have been 811 modern Olympians[lower-alpha 1] (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.[lower-alpha 2] 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.[lower-alpha 1]
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The most decorated LGBT+ Olympian is British Paralympic equestrian Lee Pearson, with 17 medals including 14 golds;[lower-alpha 3] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Olympian is Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, with 13 medals including 6 golds;[lower-alpha 4] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Summer Olympian is Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals including 5 golds.[lower-alpha 2] LGBT+ Olympians who hold Olympic records include Wüst;[lower-alpha 5] footballers Pia Sundhage and Vivianne Miedema;[lower-alpha 6] rower Emma Twigg;[lower-alpha 7] and triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, who also holds the world record.[lower-alpha 8] At least 365 LGBT+ Olympians are medalists (45.01% of LGBT+ Olympians), of which 163 have at least one gold medal (20.10%).[lower-alpha 9]