There are 83[a] modern Summer Olympic athletes, who made their Olympic debut in 2024 and have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or have openly been in a same-sex relationship.[a]
According to Outsports, there were at least 199 out athletes (including those who debuted earlier) at the 2024 Summer Olympics, which they reported as the most athletes competing in one edition of the Games who were widely out beforehand; Outsports also noted the record number of out male athletes, though most of the LGBTQ+ Olympians were female as in previous editions. In two women's team sport rosters, for United States women's basketball and Australia women's football, over half of the players were identified as LGBTQ (in the Australia football squad, it was two-thirds).[1][2][3] German footballer Lena Oberdorf and Colombian skateboarder Jazmín Álvarez were both included in their respective Olympic teams, but both suffered ACL and MCL injuries shortly before being able to take part.[4][5]
At least 26 LGBT+ Summer Olympians who debuted in 2024 are medalists (31.33%), of which 8 have at least one gold medal (9.64%).[a]
Overview
editAll based on the lists of LGBT Summer Olympians: 1896–2000; 2004–2020; 2024 [N 1]
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| Sport | Number of Olympians by gender[N 5] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Non-binary | Total | |||||
| Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | Cisgender | Transgender | Intersex | |||
 Archery
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | – | 1 |
 Athletics
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10 | — | – | 1 | — | — | 2[N 6] | 13 |
 Badminton
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | – | 1 |
 Basketball
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23 | — | — | — | — | — | – | 23 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Beach volleyball
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | – | 1 |
 Boxing
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8 | — | — | — | 1[N 6] | — | — | 9 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoeing and Kayaking
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Climbing
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– | – | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling
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7 | – | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
 Diving
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— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
 Equestrian
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1 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 9 |
 Fencing
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 Football
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46 | — | — | – | — | — | 1[N 6] | 47 |
 Golf
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2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics
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– | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
 Handball
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6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
 Hockey
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16 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 17 |
 Judo
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6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7 |
 Rowing
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8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 9 |
 Rugby sevens
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17 | — | — | — | – | — | 1[N 6] | 18 |
 Sailing
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | – | 1 |
 Shooting
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | – | 1 |
 Surfing
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3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
 Swimming
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2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 |
 Table tennis
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1 | — | — | – | — | — | — | 1 |
 Taekwondo
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— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
 Tennis
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2 | — | — | – | — | — | — | 2 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Volleyball
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9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 10 |
 Water polo
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3 | — | — | – | — | — | — | 3 |
 Weightlifting
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1 | — | — | – | — | — | — | 1 |
 Wrestling
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2 | — | — | – | — | — | — | 2 |
- Notes
- ^ These tables count all athletes who competed in 2024, including those who debuted earlier.
- ^ Alyson Annan previously represented Australia and the Netherlands, and represented China in 2024. She is only counted for China in this table.
- ^ Yulenmis Aguilar represented Cuba previously, and Spain in 2024. She is only counted for Spain in this table.
- ^ Including multi-year appearances of the same Olympian.
- ^ Including multi-disciplinary Olympians
- ^ a b c d Competed in a women's category
Key
editΔ Was known to be widely out prior to their most recent Summer Olympic competition; contemporaneously out while competing
† Came out after competing
- Tables are default sorted by first Games appearance chronologically, then current surname or common nickname alphabetically, then first name alphabetically. They can be sorted by current surname (where used) or common nickname alphabetically; by country and sport alphabetically; by Games chronologically;[b] and by medals as organised in Olympics medals tables.[c]
Summer Olympic athletes and coaches (2024–present)
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Notes
edit- ^ a b c Based on the information collected on this page
- ^ Where athletes have represented multiple countries, competed in multiple sports, and/or at multiple Games, the country/sport/Games they are sorted by is their first country/sport/Games chronologically.
- ^ Based on most golds over total medals, then alphabetically by current surname or common nickname. In cases of medals for demonstration events and honourable mentions in artistic events, these are sorted between one bronze and no medals.
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