List of LGBTQ Winter Olympians

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There have been 164[a] modern Winter Olympians who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship, including two who have also competed at the Summer Olympic Games. The first Winter Olympic Games in which an athlete now known to be LGBTQ+ competed was the 1956 Winter Olympics.[a]

Figure skater John Curry was considered the first publicly out Olympian when he confirmed his sexuality at the 1976 Winter Olympics.[1] Curry was among the skaters to later die of HIV/AIDS, the community heavily affected in the 1980s and 90s, with calls for U.S. Figure Skating to teach AIDS awareness.[2] The Winter Olympics saw the first Pride House organized at an Olympic Games, with the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver; though Pride Houses were restricted at the subsequent few editions of the Winter Olympics, it became a point of activism at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[3][4] LGBTQ+ athletes were particularly vocal around the hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in regressive Russia and heavily protested,[4] and in 2026, amidst progressive backsliding in Western nations.[3] The comparatively large cohort of out LGBTQ+ athletes at the 2026 Games, and their expressions of Pride, drew greater attention to the intersection and challenges of LGBTQ+ Winter athletes[5] – especially when, a week into the Games, "Team LGBTQ" had won more medals than the United States.[6]

The most decorated able-bodied LGBTQ+ Olympian is Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, with 13 medals including 6 golds;[a] Wüst also holds Olympic records.[b] At least 89 LGBTQ+ Winter Olympians are medalists (54.27% of LGBTQ+ Winter Olympians), of which 51 have at least one gold medal (31.10%).[a]

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Sport Number of Olympians by gender[N 6]
Female Male Non-binary Total
Cisgender Transgender Cisgender Transgender
Alpine skiing 3 — 1 — — 4
Biathlon 3 — — — — 3
Bobsleigh 2 — 1 — — 3
Cross-country skiing 3 — — — — 3
Curling — — 1 — — 1
Figure skating 6 — 36 — 1[N 7] 43
Freestyle skiing 5 — 2 1[N 8] — 8
Ice hockey 71 — — — — 71
Luge — — 1 — — 1
Skeleton 4 — 2 — — 6
Ski jumping 1 — 1 — — 2
Snowboarding 7 — — — — 7
Speed skating 10 — 2 — — 12
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Notes
  1. [1]
    Including Czechoslovakia
  2. [2]
    Natalia Zabiiako represented both Estonia and the independent athletes from Russia, and is counted for both.
  3. [3]
    Gus Kenworthy represented both Great Britain and the United States, and is counted for both.
  4. [4]
    Including the Olympic Athletes from Russia
  5. [5]
    Including multi-year appearances of the same Olympian.
  6. [6]
    Including multi-disciplinary Olympians
  7. [7]
    Competed in a men's category
  8. [8]
    Competed in a women's category

Winter Olympic athletes

  • 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;[c] and by medals as organised in Olympics medals tables.[d]
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Athlete Country Sport Games Medal(s) Notes
Ronald Robertson United States United States Figure skating 1956 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robertson was openly gay in his personal life. He won a silver medal at the Olympics,[7] and semi-retired the following year to open a hotel with his partner, actor Tab Hunter.[8][9]
Ondrej Nepela Czechoslovakia Figure skating 1964, 1972 1st place, gold medalist(s) Nepela competed at two Olympic Games, winning a gold medal in 1972.[10][11] He was gay and, in 1973, had a brief relationship with Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston.[12] In 1989 he died from complications relating to AIDS.[13]
Toller Cranston Canada Figure skating 1972, 1976 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cranston competed at two Olympic Games and won a bronze medal in 1976.[14][15] In his 2000 autobiography, he noted a fling with Slovak skater Ondrej Nepela, as well as short affairs with women.[12]
Robin Cousins Great Britain Figure skating 1976, 1980 1st place, gold medalist(s) [16]
John Curry Great Britain Figure skating 1976 1st place, gold medalist(s) Curry won the gold medal at his Olympic Games, a few days after being outed in a magazine which had interviewed him;[17] there are conflicting reports about whether Curry intended to come out. He confirmed his sexuality (gay) in press interviews upon winning.[18] The BBC have reported that Curry had believed he had spoken to the initial reporter off the record, and that the outing and having to give the press conference afterwards affected him greatly.[19] He died of complications relating to AIDS in 1994;[20] after Curry announced he had AIDS in 1992, revelations of other skaters who had died from the disease were made, and figure skating associations began providing AIDS education to its athletes.[21] Known as the first publicly out Olympic athlete,[1] and first out sports star; while the public knew of his sexuality, besides a brief scandal, it was little-mentioned. Curry won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1976.[22][23]
Randy Gardner United States Figure skating 1976, 1980 Gardner competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics, and withdrew from the 1980 Games. He came out in 2006.[24]
Brian Pockar Canada Figure skating 1980 Pockar died of AIDS in 1992,[25] and was outed in 1999 by Scott Hamilton.[26]
Brian Boitano United States Figure skating 1984, 1988, 1994 1st place, gold medalist(s) Came out in 2013 after being named to the delegation at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia; the location was being criticized for its homophobia.[27][28][29]
Edel Therese Høiseth Norway Speed skating 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998 [30]
Robert McCall Canada Figure skating 1984, 1988 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Won bronze with Tracy Wilson in 1988. He died from AIDS in 1991. Other athletes said that his homosexuality had been an open secret within their community.[30]
Brian Orser Canada Figure skating 1984, 1988 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Orser was outed in 1998 as part of a lawsuit involving a former partner that was made public.[31] After competing, he has coached Olympic skating champions.[32]
Matthew Hall Canada Figure skating 1988 Hall was an alternate in 1988, before competing at the 1994 Gay Games.[33]
Peter Johansson Sweden Figure skating 1988 [34]
Axel Médéric France Figure skating 1988 [34]
Joan Guetschow United States Biathlon 1992, 1994 While Guetschow was publicly out as a lesbian and accepted by her teammates, she felt the team management discriminated against her.[35]
Mark Mitchell United States Figure skating 1992 Mitchell qualified for the 1992 Games but was deselected and instead made an alternate as U.S. Figure Skating awarded Todd Eldredge a medical bye for the qualifying U.S. Figure Skating Championships.[36][37] Mitchell likely also served as alternate in 1988 and 1994.[38]
Russ Witherby United States Figure skating 1992 [34]
Chris Witty United States Speed skating 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Witty has competed in both Summer and Winter Olympics; she was a flagbearer at her last Games in 2006. She has only won medals in speed skating. With her gold in 2002, she also set a world record.[39][40] She lives with partner and fellow former speed skater Frouke Oonk.[41][42]
Lisa Brown-Miller United States Ice hockey 1998 1st place, gold medalist(s) [43]
Nancy Drolet Canada Ice hockey 1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Drolet and her wife began living together in 1995.[44]
Lori Dupuis Canada Ice hockey 1998, 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) [45]
Danielle Goyette Canada Ice hockey 1998, 2002, 2006 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) A lawsuit brought at the end of her common-law partnership with a woman became notable in Canadian case law regarding the application of joint family venture in common-law partnerships.[46]
Jayna Hefford Canada Ice hockey 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Was with her partner, Kathleen Kauth, prior to 2014 Games.[47]
Stine Brun Kjeldaas Norway Snowboarding 1998, 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Previously married to Cheryl Maas.[30]
Sue Merz United States Ice hockey 1998, 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) [48]
Shannon Miller Canada Ice hockey 1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Head coach of Canada's women's ice hockey team in 1998, winning a silver medal with the team. In 2015, she and others brought a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Minnesota Duluth, believing that being gay was among the reasons for her abrupt termination.[49] She won the case in 2018.[50]
Maria Rooth Sweden Ice hockey 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Has been with her wife since 2010.[51]
Angela Ruggiero United States Ice hockey 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Competed at four Winter Olympics, medalling in each.[52] After competing, Ruggiero was a member of the International Olympic Committee, from 2010 to 2018, and served as a member of the executive board of the IOC after being elected the Chairperson of the IOC Athletes' Commission, the body that represents all Olympic athletes worldwide, from 2016 to 2018.[53][54]
Stacy Wilson Canada Ice hockey 1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [30]
Marieke Wijsman Netherlands Speed skating 1998, 2002 [30][55]
Julie Chu United States Ice hockey 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Married to Canadian ice hockey player Caroline Ouellette; the two competed against each other in Olympic finals on three occasions.[56][57][58] Chu was a flagbearer in 2014.[57]
Timothy Goebel United States Figure skating 2002 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Goebel was not known to be out when he competed.[59]
Erika Holst Sweden Ice hockey 2002, 2006, 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Was widely out before 2010.[60]
Ylva Lindberg Sweden Ice hockey 2002, 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Came out after the Olympics in 2006.[61]
Caroline Ouellette Canada Ice hockey 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s) Married to American ice hockey player Julie Chu; the two competed against each other in Olympic finals on three occasions.[56][57][58]
Anja Pärson Sweden Alpine skiing 2002, 2006, 2010 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Came out in 2012.[62]
Emanuel Sandhu Canada Figure skating 2002, 2006 [34]
Matthew Savoie United States Figure skating 2002, 2006 Was an alternate in 2002 and competed in 2006.[63][64] Married a man in 2012.[65]
Vibeke Skofterud Norway Cross-country skiing 2002, 2010 1st place, gold medalist(s) Came out in 2008.[66]
Tricia Stumpf United States Skeleton 2002 Selected to the team[30] but was unable to compete due to injury.[67] Married longtime partner Joan Guetschow in 2004,[68] they ran a small beer business together at the 2002 Olympics.[69]
Gillian Apps Canada Ice hockey 2006, 2010, 2014 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s) Married American ice hockey player Meghan Duggan in September 2018; they had competed against each other in the final of the 2010 and 2014 Games.[70]
Jeffrey Buttle Canada Figure skating 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Was not known to be gay when competing,[71] was widely out by 2014.[72]
Caitlin Cahow United States Ice hockey 2006, 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cahow is openly lesbian and was named to the 2014 United States delegation with Brian Boitano and Billie Jean King; selected by Barack Obama, the all-gay delegation was seen as deliberately provocative to make a statement about holding the Olympics in a homophobic nation.[73][29]
Chanda Gunn United States Ice hockey 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [74]
Kathleen Kauth United States Ice hockey 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Has been in a relationship with Jayna Hefford.[47]
Charline Labonté Canada Ice hockey 2006, 2010, 2014 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s) Came out after the Games in 2014.[75]
Cheryl Maas Netherlands Snowboarding 2006, 2014, 2018 Previously married to Stine Brun Kjeldaas.[30] Before competing in 2014, she criticised the IOC for allowing a homophobic nation to host the Olympics.[76]
Ryan O'Meara United States Figure skating 2006 Came out in 2008.[77]
Jamal Othman  Switzerland Figure skating 2006 [34]
Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic Speed skating 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Came out in 2025, announcing her 12-year relationship with Nikola Zdráhalová.[78]
Shawn Sawyer Canada Figure skating 2006 [34]
Sarah Vaillancourt Canada Ice hockey 2006, 2010 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s) Was widely out prior to competing.[79]
Johnny Weir United States Figure skating 2006, 2010 Came out in 2011,[80] after years of homophobic speculation.[81][82] He was criticized for not supporting a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a city in homophobic Russia.[83]
Ireen Wüst Netherlands Speed skating 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Was widely out prior to 2010, at which point she was said to be in a relationship with Sanne van Kerkhof.[60][84]
Anastasia Bucsis Canada Speed skating 2010, 2014 Came out in 2013, in opposition to Russian anti-gay laws.[85] Was previously in a relationship with Charline Labonté.[75]
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof United States Snowboarding 2010 Chythlook-Sifsof competed in 2010.[86] She was not selected for the Olympic team for 2014, but came out during this Games in protest of Russia's anti-gay laws.[87]
Meghan Duggan United States Ice hockey 2010, 2014, 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Married Canadian ice hockey player Gillian Apps in September 2018; they had competed against each other in the final of the 2010 and 2014 Games.[70]
Michi Halilović Germany Skeleton 2010 [30]
Elin Holmlöv Sweden Ice hockey 2010 Married a woman in 2018.[88]
Venla Hovi Finland Ice hockey 2010, 2014, 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Married to American ice hockey player Amanda Pelkey.[89]
Barbara Jezeršek Slovenia Cross-country skiing 2010, 2014, 2018 Was widely out prior to the 2014 Games.[90][91]
Michelle Karvinen Finland Ice hockey 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Widely out by 2026.[92]
Hilary Knight United States Ice hockey 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) [93]
Simona Meiler  Switzerland Snowboarding 2010, 2014, 2018 Was widely out before 2018.[94][95]
Eric Mitchell Canada Ski jumping 2010 Came out in 2015.[96]
Šárka Pančochová Czech Republic Snowboarding 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 Came out in 2017.[97]
Paul Poirier Canada Figure skating 2010, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.[98]
Marie-Philip Poulin Canada Ice hockey 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) As of 2023, engaged to teammate Laura Stacey.[99]
Emilia Ramboldt Sweden Ice hockey 2010, 2014, 2018 Married a woman in 2015.[100] Competed in 2010 and 2014 as Emilia Andersson.
Georgia Simmerling Canada Alpine skiing, Freestyle skiing 2010, 2014 Simmerling has represented Canada in three different sports; alpine skiing in 2010, freestyle skiing (specifically, ski cross) in 2014, and track cycling in 2016 and 2020. She had also intended to compete in ski cross in 2018, but a crash in the days before team selection saw her break both legs and retire from skiing.[101][102] She was widely out prior to the 2020 Games,[103] and has been in a relationship with Stephanie Labbé since 2016.[104]
Blake Skjellerup New Zealand Speed skating 2010 Came out just after the 2010 Games, saying he waited until after competing to focus on his performance but also to not turn off potential sponsors.[105]
Sanne van Kerkhof Netherlands Speed skating 2010, 2014 Was widely out prior to 2010, at which point she was said to be in a relationship with Ireen Wüst.[60]
Kerry Weiland United States Ice hockey 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [106]
Brittany Bowe United States Speed skating 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Was widely out prior to 2018.[30][94]
Belle Brockhoff Australia Snowboarding 2014, 2018, 2022 Brockhoff came out in 2013, ahead of the 2014 Winter Games.[107] Though she campaigned strongly against Russia and its anti-gay laws in this period, she told the media she would reign in her protests while at the Games, for her safety.[108]
Jason Brown United States Figure skating 2014, 2022 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.[98]
Alex Carpenter United States Ice hockey 2014, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.[98]
Mélodie Daoust Canada Ice hockey 2014, 2018, 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out prior to competing.[109][98]
John Fennell Canada Luge 2014 Came out after the Games in 2014.[110]
Gracie Gold United States Figure skating 2014 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gold came out as bisexual in her 2024 memoir, saying she had dated both men and women and that, during her days of competitive figure skating, her agent told her to hide her sexuality, believing that her coming out would be detrimental to her career.[111][112]
Jorik Hendrickx Belgium Figure skating 2014, 2018 Came out shortly before the Games in 2018.[113]
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Austria Ski jumping 2014, 2018, 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Married a woman in 2013.[114]
Mira Jalosuo Finland Ice hockey 2014, 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [115]
Brianne Jenner Canada Ice hockey 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Married a woman in 2019.[116]
Gus Kenworthy United States / Great Britain Freestyle skiing 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenworthy came out publicly in 2015.[117] He notably kissed his boyfriend on the slope in 2018, causing the moment to be broadcast live.[118] He competed for the United States in 2014 and 2018, and for Great Britain in 2022.[119]
Amanda Kessel United States Ice hockey 2014, 2018, 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) [120]
Geneviève Lacasse Canada Ice hockey 2014, 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) [121]
Sandra Näslund Sweden Freestyle skiing 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.[98]
Eric Radford Canada Figure skating 2014, 2018, 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Came out after the Games in 2014.[122]
Javier Raya Spain Figure skating 2014 Came out widely in 2016.[123]
Kaitlyn Weaver Canada Figure skating 2014, 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) Came out widely as queer after competing, saying she felt stereotyped as a figure skater and staying closeted harmed her mental health. Weaver has since become an advocate for queer people in the sport.[124]
Natalia Zabiiako Estonia /  Olympic Athletes from Russia Figure skating 2014, 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zabiiako was set to compete in 2014 for Estonia, but her pairs skating partner's registration was cancelled.[125] She competed with a different partner for the Olympic Athletes from Russia in 2018, winning team silver. She retired in 2019 before considering competing again, this time for Canada, in 2022.[126] In 2022, she came out publicly when her partner, Daria Kasatkina, did.[127]
Cayla Barnes United States Ice hockey 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) [128]
Guillaume Cizeron France Figure skating 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out by 2020.[129] Competed in a dance partnership with Gabriella Papadakis.[130]
Emily Clark Canada Ice hockey 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.[98]
Johanna Fällman Sweden Ice hockey 2018 [131]
Kali Flanagan United States Ice hockey 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) [132]
Mathilde Gremaud  Switzerland Freestyle skiing 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [92]
Sanni Hakala Finland Ice hockey 2018, 2022 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [38]
Lisa Johansson Sweden Ice hockey 2018, 2022, 2026 [92]
Breezy Johnson United States Alpine skiing 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s) Johnson was injured in training for the 2022 Winter Olympics and could not compete. She came out as bisexual later that year.[133]
Christopher Kinney United States Bobsleigh 2018 [134]
Kim Meylemans Belgium Skeleton 2018, 2022, 2026 Widely out before competing,[94] Meylemans competed against her girlfriend Nicole Silveira in 2022.[135]
Sidney Morin United States Ice hockey 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) [136]
Gabriella Papadakis France Figure skating 2018, 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Competed in a dance partnership with Guillaume Cizeron.[137][130]
Amanda Pelkey United States Ice hockey 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s) Married to Finnish ice hockey player Venla Hovi.[89]
Adam Rippon United States Figure skating 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Came out in 2015.[138]
Hig Roberts United States Alpine skiing 2018 Alternate. Came out in 2020 after retiring in 2019.[139]
Jill Saulnier Canada Ice hockey 2018, 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.[98]
Ronja Savolainen Finland Ice hockey 2018, 2022, 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Widely out prior to the 2020 Games.[98] In a relationship with Anna Kjellbin.[140]
Laura Stacey Canada Ice hockey 2018, 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) As of 2023, engaged to teammate Marie-Philip Poulin.[99]
Noora Tulus Finland Ice hockey 2018, 2022, 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [141]
Sophie Vercruyssen Belgium Bobsleigh 2018 [142][94]
Kendall Wesenberg United States Skeleton 2018 [143]
Lara Wolf Austria Freestyle skiing 2018, 2022, 2026 Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.[98]
Nikola Zdráhalová Czech Republic Speed skating 2018, 2022, 2026 Came out in 2025, when partner Martina Sáblíková announced their 12-year relationship.[78]
Erin Ambrose Canada Ice hockey 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Filippo Ambrosini Italy Figure skating 2022, 2026 Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Kévin Aymoz France Figure skating 2022, 2026 Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Megan Bankes Canada Biathlon 2022 Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Ashton Bell Canada Ice hockey 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) [144]
Ebba Berglund Sweden Ice hockey 2022 Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Andrew Blaser United States Skeleton 2022 Widely out prior to competing,[98] Blaser raced with a rainbow flag on his sled.[145]
Kristen Campbell Canada Ice hockey 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) [146]
Makayla Gerken Schofield Great Britain Freestyle skiing 2022, 2026 Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Lewis Gibson Great Britain Figure skating 2022, 2026 Gibson came out in the media shortly before his debut Games, though said he had really come out years earlier by posting photos with his husband to Instagram. He added that he had been nervous to discuss sexuality with the media before over fears it would negatively impact his pairs skating scores.[147]
Amber Glenn United States Figure skating 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s) Widely out prior to competing,[148] Glenn was selected as a reserve in 2022.[98]
Kristrún Guðnadóttir Iceland Cross-country skiing 2022, 2026 [92]
Anni Keisala Finland Ice hockey 2022, 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [92]
Anna Kjellbin Sweden Ice hockey 2022, 2026 Widely out prior to competing.[98] In a relationship with Ronja Savolainen.[140]
Tim Koleto Japan Figure skating 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out by 2023.[149]
Aneta Lédlová Czech Republic Ice hockey 2022 Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Timothy LeDuc United States Figure skating 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) LeDuc is non-binary and was widely out prior to competing.[98][150]
Alysa Liu United States Figure skating 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s) [151]
Lina Ljungblom Sweden Ice hockey 2022, 2026 [92]
Emerance Maschmeyer Canada Ice hockey 2022, 2026 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) [121]
Hannah Miller China Ice hockey 2022 Competed as Mi Le; a player for a Chinese team when China qualified an Olympic team as host nation, the ability for Canadian Miller – as well as numerous other players on both men's and women's ice hockey teams – to acquire citizenship and represent China was considered secretive.[152] Miller is widely out in Canada.[131]
Bruce Mouat Great Britain Curling 2022, 2026 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) Widely out prior to competing,[98] Mouat credits coming out to his teammates as his breakthrough moment in sport. After working with a sport psychologist, he felt that holding back some of his emotions was preventing him from having the best team dynamic.[153]
Klára Peslarová Czech Republic Ice hockey 2022, 2026 [141]
Simon Proulx-Sénécal Armenia Figure skating 2022 Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Jamie Lee Rattray Canada Ice hockey 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Nicole Silveira Brazil Skeleton 2022, 2026 Widely out before competing, Silveira competed against her girlfriend Kim Meylemans in 2022.[135]
Filip Taschler Czech Republic Figure skating 2022, 2026 [154]
Viivi Vainikka Finland Ice hockey 2022, 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [92]
Micah Zandee-Hart Canada Ice hockey 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) Widely out prior to competing.[98]
Sanni Ahola Finland Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Chloé Aurard-Bushee France Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Lore Baudrit France Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Tineke den Dulk Belgium Speed skating 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [154]
Nina Jobst-Smith Germany Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Kristýna Kaltounková Czech Republic Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Ida Kuoppala Finland Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Laura Lobis Italy Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Elis Lundholm Sweden Freestyle skiing 2026 [92]
Conor McDermott-Mostowy United States Speed skating 2026 [154]
Emily Nix Germany Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Nick Novak Czech Republic Freestyle skiing 2026 [154]
Shilo Rousseau Canada Biathlon 2026 [92]
Clara Rozier France Ice hockey 2026 [155][156]
Maddy Schaffrick United States Snowboarding 2026 [92]
Carina Strobel Germany Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Elli Suoranta Finland Ice hockey 2026 [92]
Linda Weiszewski Poland Bobsleigh 2026 [154]
Laura Zimmermann  Switzerland Ice hockey 2026 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [92]
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  1. [a]
    Based on the information collected on this page
  2. [b]
    See List of Olympic records in speed skating
  3. [c]
    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.
  4. [d]
    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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