There are 87 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.
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). 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.
At least 28 LGBTQ+ Summer Olympians who debuted in 2024 are medalists (32.18%), of which 8 have at least one gold medal (9.20%).
Overview
Summer Olympic athletes and coaches (2024–present)
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; and by medals as organised in Olympics medals tables.
Athlete Country Sport Games Medal(s) Notes Laura AartsWater polo2024 Teresa AbelleiraFootball2024 AdrianaFootball2024 Nick AlbieroSwimming2024 Laura AmaroWeightlifting2024 Amy AtwellBasketball2024Originally an alternate, Atwell joined the main squad after an injury withdrawal Hergie BacyadanBoxing2024Bacyadan is a transgender man, who has not undergone a medical transition and therefore competes in women's boxing. After cisgender female boxers at the 2024 Olympics were accused of being male, Bacyadan spoke up in support of them. Kemisetso BaloyiRugby2024 Ona BatlleFootball2024 Sarah BaumSurfing2024 Ann-Katrin BergerFootball2024 Emily BessoirBasketball2024 Anastasia BlayvasWrestling2024 Wendy BonillaFootball2024Alternate in football squad Svenja BrunckhorstBasketball2024 Emilie BydwellRugby2024Team coach Linda CaicedoFootball2024 Paula CamusWater polo2024 Borja CarrascosaEquestrian2024 Nina CastagnaRowing2024 Timo CaveliusJudo2024 Teal CohenRowing2024 Cata CollFootball2024 Kahleah CopperBasketball2024 Sophie de GoedeRugby2024 Sara DoorsounFootball2024 Rayan DutraGymnastics2024 Emily EhrlichCycling2024 Charlotte EnglebertHockey2024 Michaela FosterFootball2024Originally an alternate, Foster joined the main team after an injury withdrawal Sharn FreierFootball2024 Maddy GrantRugby2024 Alina HagstromRowing2024Alternate in participating team Georgia HallGolf2024 Campbell HarrisonClimbing2024 Jenni HermosoFootball2024 Nikki HiltzAthletics2024 Ashley HoffmanHockey2024 Asia Hogan-RochesterRugby2024 Marleen JochemsHockey2024 Grace JoyceRowing2024 Camilla KempSurfing2024 Maëlle LakrarFootball2024 Inès LardeurHockey2024 LaurenFootball2024Originally an alternate, Lauren joined the main squad Alice LesgourguesHockey2024Alternate in hockey squad LorenaFootball2024 Justin LuiVolleyball2024 Anneli MaleyBasketball2024 Lauren MansfieldBasketball2024 Cindy NgambaBoxing2024Ngamba is a refugee in the UK, and cannot return to her birth nation of Cameroon due to homosexuality being illegal there. She is part of GB Boxing, which supported her citizenship application, but was not granted British citizenship before the 2024 Games and so could not compete for Great Britain. Yared NuguseAthletics2024 Mariona OrtizBasketball2024 Irene ParedesFootball2024 Alexis PetersonBasketball2024 Mathilde PetriauxHockey2024Alternate in hockey squad Pauline Peyraud-MagninFootball2024 Constance PicaudFootball2024 Kayleigh PowellRugby2024Alternate in rugby squad Miriam PritchardHockey2024 Alexia PutellasFootball2024 Emma PuvrezHockey2024 Chuthamat RaksatBoxing2024 Felicitas RauchFootball2024 Abigail RayeHockey2024Alternate in hockey squad Alba RedondoFootball2024Originally an alternate, Redondo joined the main squad Cheryl ReeveBasketball2024Team coach. Had previously been assistant coach in 2016 and 2021. Sha'Carri RichardsonAthletics2024 Sofía RomaBasketball2024 Stephanie RovettiRugby2024 Tabea SchendekehlRowing2024 Lea SchüllerFootball2024 Lauren ScruggsFencing2024 TaináFootball2024 TarcianeFootball2024 Alyssa ThomasBasketball2024DeWanna Bonner [@Dewannabonner] (2021, February 16). You know how sometimes great things happen, and you really don't expect it !!! Well this was one of them❤️❤️ !! I know some may have a lot of questions, but I didn't post this picture for that, just to show pure happiness!!! This is how I ended my Valentine's Day!! Laughing until my belly hurt with this amazing human!! ❤️❤️ @athomas_25 [Instagram photo] retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXuAxlhFXG/ Lowri ThomasCycling2024 Lauren TorleyRugby2024 Melissa VargasVolleyball2024 Cortnee VineFootball2024 Frederic WandresEquestrian2024 Sami WhitcombBasketball2024 Marena WhittleBasketball2024 Marissa Williamson PohlmanBoxing2024 Alex WilsonBasketball2024 Tyler WrightSurfing2024 Nico YoungAthletics2024
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