List of LGBT Olympians and Paralympians

Lists of LGBT+ Summer Olympic athletes (1896–2000), (2004–2020), (2024); by debut List of LGBT+ Winter Olympians; by debut List of LGBT+ Paralympians; by debut There have been 827 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 Olympic sport with the most LGBT+ participants is football.

[a] The most decorated LGBT+ Olympian is British Paralympic equestrian Lee Pearson, with 17 medals including 14 golds;[c] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Olympian is Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, with 13 medals including 6 golds;[d] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Summer Olympian is Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals including 5 golds.

[b] LGBT+ Olympians who hold Olympic records include Wüst;[e] footballers Pia Sundhage and Vivianne Miedema;[f] rower Emma Twigg;[g] and triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, who also holds the world record.

[i] All based on the Lists of LGBTQ+ Olympians and Paralympians

As of 2024, at least 49 nations, and the Refugee Olympic Team , have been represented by an LGBTQ+ person at the Olympics or Paralympics