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There have been 827 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]
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 371 LGBT+ Olympians are medalists (44.86% of LGBT+ Olympians), of which 165 have at least one gold medal (19.95%).[lower-alpha 9]
All based on the Lists of LGBTQ+ Olympians and Paralympians
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Sport | Number of Olympians by gender[N 17] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Non-binary | Total | |||||
Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | |||
Alpine skiing & Para-alpine skiing |
4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
Archery | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Athletics & Para-athletics |
34 | 1[N 18] | 2 | 14 | 2[N 19] | — | 4[N 19] | 57 |
Badminton | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Basketball & Wheelchair basketball |
64 | — | — | — | — | — | 1[N 19] | 65 |
Beach volleyball | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
Biathlon | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Bobsleigh | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Boxing | 13 | — | — | 2 | 1[N 19] | — | — | 16 |
Canoeing and Kayaking & Paracanoe |
5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Climbing | – | – | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Cross-country skiing & Para cross-country skiing |
3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Curling | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Cycling & Paracycling |
24[N 20] | 1[N 19] | — | 1 | — | — | — | 26 |
Diving | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
Equestrian & Para-equestrian |
1 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 24 |
Fencing & Wheelchair fencing |
5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
Figure skating | 4 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 1[N 18] | 31 |
Football | 179 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1[N 19] | 183 |
Freestyle skiing | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
Goalball | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Golf | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Gymnastics | 7 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 19 |
Handball | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 |
Hockey | 32 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 34 |
Ice hockey | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 |
Judo & Para Judo |
17 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 18 |
Luge | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Rowing & Pararowing |
28 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1[N 19] | 33 |
Rugby sevens | 30 | — | — | — | 1[N 19] | — | 1[N 19] | 32 |
Sailing | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Shooting | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Skateboarding | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2[N 19] | 7 |
Skeleton | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
Ski jumping | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Snowboarding | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Softball | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
Speed skating | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
Surfing | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Swimming | 16 | — | — | 26[N 21] | — | — | — | 42 |
Table tennis | 1 | — | — | — | 1[N 19] | — | — | 2 |
Taekwondo & Parataekwondo |
2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
Tennis & Wheelchair tennis |
19 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 21 |
Triathlon & Paratriathlon |
4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
Volleyball & Sitting volleyball |
21 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 23 |
Water polo | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 1[N 19] | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Wrestling | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Art | Number of Olympians by gender[N 17] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Non-binary | Total | |||||
Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | |||
Epic Literature | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Dance[N 22] | 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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