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40 LGBTQ+ athletes we'll be rooting for at the 2024 Olympics
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The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France are nearly here, and we could not be more excited!
Every time the Olympics come around, it's a chance for some of the best athletes from around the world to get together, compete, and celebrate — and many of those elite athletes happen to be part of the global LGBTQ+ community!
While the world of sports is often unkind to queer people, the Olympics has been a place where queer athletes like Greg Louganis, Sue Bird, Tom Daley, Megan Rapinoe, and Adam Rippon have become beloved international stars. And now, it's time for another generation of LGBTQ+ athletes to rise to the occasion.
Here are some of the LGBTQ+ athletes who have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. (We will be updating this list regularly as the events get closer.)
1. Dan Jervis, Great Britain, Swimming
Jervis, who came out as gay in 2022, is a British swimmer who competes in the 800 meter and 1500 meter freestyle events.
2. Robbie Manson, New Zealand, Rowing
Manson is a rower and OnlyFans content creator who qualified for the Paris Olympics in September of last year.
3. Emma Twigg, New Zealand, Rowing
New Zealand rower Emma Twigg already has a gold medal for Team New Zealand from the Tokyo Olympics, where she won in the women's single sculls rowing event. The Paris Olympics will be her fifth Olympics, and the second since she came out.
4. Campbell Harrison, Australia, Climbing
Harrison is a competitive climber from Australia who qualified for the Paris Olympics in November of last year. In the post he made about qualifying, he thanked his queer community for support, saying, "May those who detest us forever fuck off."
5. Tom Daley, Great Britain, Diving
British diver Tom Daley will return for his fifth Olympics this year in Paris! He won bronze medals at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games, and won his first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the men's sycnronized 10-meter platform diving event with diving partner Matty Lee.
Daley lives in Los Angeles with his husband Dustin Lance Black and their two children.
6. Sha'Carri Richardson, USA, Track
Bisexual sprinter Richardson broke the collegiate record in the 100 meter sprint in college. She qualified for the 2020 Olympics before testing positive for cannabis use, which caused her to later be disqualified. She will make her Olympic debut at the Paris games.
7. Chelsea Gray, USA, Basketball
When we get to the USA Women's Basketball team, we really start seeing queer athletes shine. Gray, who plays guard for the Las Vegas Aces, is a lesbian who will be playing in her second Olympics.
8. Brittney Griner, USA, Basketball
Griner, also a lesbian, is seeking her third gold medal after winning with Team USA in 2016 and 2020. She plays center for the Phoenix Mercury. She made headlines in 2022 after she notably detained in a Russian prison for months for having traveling with medically prescribed hash oil.
9. Jewell Loyd, USA, Basketball
Loyd is a lesbian guard for the Seattle Storm and is seeking her second gold medal after previously having won with the US at the 2020 Tokyo games.
10. Breanna Stewart, USA, Basketball
Lesbian forward Breanna Stewart is married to former WNBA player Marta Xargay and currently plays for the New York Liberty. She has two gold medals already.
11. Diana Taurasi, USA, Basketball
Taurasi is one of the legends of women's basketball and has been playing in the WNBA for two decades with the Phoenix Mercury. This will be the sixth Olympics for Taurasi, and her chance at winning a sixth gold medal.
12. Timo Cavelius, Germany, Judo
Cavelius will be the first out gay male judoka to compete in the Olympics when the 27-year-old makes his Paris Olympics debut.
13. Nikki Hiltz, USA, Track and Field
Hiltz is transgender and nonbinary, and qualified for their first Olympics just recently when they ran a record time of 3 minutes and 55.33 seconds to win the 1500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. They dedicated their race to "all the LGBTQ folks.
14. Raven Saunders, USA, Shot Put
Saunders, who uses they/them pronouns, won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics and has qualified again for Paris after finishing second in the U.S. Olympic Trials. This will be their third Olympics.
15. Elke Vanhoof, Belgium, BMX
Vanhoof is a lesbian BMX rider who has appeared in the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, and is set to return for Paris.
16. Carl Hester, Great Britain, Dressage
Hester is a legend in the sport, having competed in six different Olympics, winning each a bronze, silver, and gold medal. He will be returning once again at the age of 57.
17. Lauren Doyle, USA, Women's Rugby Sevens
Doyle is competing in her third Olympic games, where she will serve as co-captain for the US Women's Rugby team.
18. Sarah Jones, Great Britain, Field Hockey
Jones is coming back for her second Olympics after winning bronze with Team Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics.
19. Sanna van Dijke, Netherlands, Judo
Van Dijke, who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo games is returning, hoping for another trip to the podium. She will compete in the 70kg division.
20. Hannah Roberts, USA, BMX Freestyle
Roberts won won a silver medal at Tokyo and now is going for gold in her second Olympics in Paris.
21. Jolyn Beer, Germany, Shooting
Another LGBTQ+ athlete competing in her second Olympiad is Beer, who finished without a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
22. Nico Young, USA, 10,000 Meters
Young, who is just 21, qualified for his first ever Olympics recently by finishing third in his event at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. He is the first out U.S. gay male track and field athlete to make the team.
23. Alice Bellandi, Italy, Judo
Bellandi is entering her second Olympics, competing in Judo in the -78kg division.
24. Haleigh Washington, USA, Volleyball
Washington is headed to her second Olympics and hoping to repeat what she did in Tokyo, when she won gold with Team USA.
25. Kirsty Gilmour, Great Britain, Badminton
Gilmour is an out lesbian and is competing in her third Olympics. She previously appeared at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics but has yet to medal.
26. Michaela Walsh, Ireland, Boxing
Walsh, who comes from a boxing family, is entering her second Olympics. She competed in Tokyo in the featherweight division but did not medal.
27. Hergie Bacyadan, Philippines, Boxing
Bacyadan, who is a trans man but has not started hormone replacement therapy, will compete in the women's 75kg division at the Paris Olympics. It will be his first time at the games.
28. Cindy Ngamba, IOC Refugee Team, Boxing
Ngamba, who was born in Cameroon and resides in England, is making her Olympic debut in the middleweight division.
29. Nesthy Petecio, Philippines, Boxing
At the Tokyo games, Petecio made her Olympic debut and won the silver medal, becoming the first Filipino woman to earn an Olympic medal in the sport. Now, she's going for gold in what will be her second Olympics.
30. Kellie Harrington, Ireland, Boxing
Harrington is returning to her second Olympics, hoping for the same result she had in Tokyo. At those games, she won gold in the lightweight division, becoming just the third Irish woman to win gold in any Olympic sport.
31. Rayan Dutra, Brazil, Trampoline
Dutra, who is bisexual, is making his Olympics debut in Paris.
32. Amadine Bouchard, France, Judo
Buchard has only competed in one Olympics, but she already has two medals. In Tokyo, she won silver in the half-lightweight class and gold with France's mixed team. She came out as a lesbian in 2021 and is now hoping for individual gold.
33. Lauren Scruggs, USA, Fencing
Scruggs is competing in the foil category for Team USA in fencing at her first Olympics in Paris.
34. Nick Albiero, Brazil, Swimming
Another out athlete making their Olympics debut is swimmer Nick Albiero, who will compete in the men's 200-meter butterfly.
35. Jack Woolley, Ireland, Taekwondo
At the 2021 Tokyo games, Woolley finished off the podium, but he's hoping to win a medal in his second Olympics in Paris.
36. Kayla Miracle, USA, Wrestling
Miracle made history four years ago when she was the first out LGBTQ+ wrestler at the Olympics. Now, she's hoping to win a medal in Paris.
37. Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil, Open Water Swimming
Cunha is a legend in open water swimming and already has a gold medal in the 10km swim from Tokyo. Now, she's entering her fourth Olympics hoping for another.
38. Tyler Wright, Australia, Surfing
Making her Olympics debut is Australian surfer and lesbian Tyler Wright.
39. Evy Leibfarth, USA, Canoe Slalom, Kayak Cross
At just 20 years old, Leibfarth is making her second Olympics appearance this year, hoping to win her first medal in one of her two sports.
40. Irma Testa, Italy, Boxing
Testa, a featherweight, is competing in her third Olympics. She previously won bronze in Tokyo, becoming the first Italian woman to win a medal in her sport.
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Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
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