List of LGBT Winter Olympians explained

There have been 101 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 LGBT+ competed was the 1956 Winter Olympics.

The most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Olympian is Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, with 13 medals including 6 golds; Wüst also holds Olympic records. At least 56 LGBT+ Winter Olympians are medalists (55.45% of LGBT+ Winter Olympians), of which 31 have at least one gold medal (30.69%).

Key

Winter Olympic athletes

AthleteCountrySportGamesMedal(s)Notes
data-sort-value="Robertson, Ronnie" data-sort-value="United States" United StatesFigure skating1956Robertson was openly gay in his personal life. He won a silver medal at the Olympics, and semi-retired the following year to open a hotel with his partner, actor Tab Hunter.
data-sort-value="Nepela, Ondrej" Figure skating1964, 1972Nepela competed at two Olympic Games, winning a gold medal in 1972. He was gay and, in 1973, had a brief relationship with Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston. In 1989 he died from complications relating to AIDS.
data-sort-value="Cranston, Toller" Figure skating1972, 1976Cranston competed at two Olympic Games and won a bronze medal in 1976. In his 2000 autobiography, he noted a fling with Slovak skater Ondrej Nepela, as well as short affairs with women.
data-sort-value="Cousins, Robin" Robin CousinsFigure skating1976, 1980
data-sort-value="Curry, John" Figure skating1976Curry won the gold medal at his Olympic Games, a few days after being outed in a magazine which had interviewed him; there are conflicting reports about whether Curry intended to come out. He confirmed his sexuality (gay) in press interviews upon winning. 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. He died of complications relating to AIDS in 1994; 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. Known as the first publicly out Olympic athlete, and first out sports star; while the public knew of his sexuality, besides a brief scandal, they did not seem to care.
data-sort-value="Gardner, Randy" United StatesFigure skating1976, 1980Gardner competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics, and withdrew from the 1980 Games. He came out in 2006.
data-sort-value="Pockar, Brian" Figure skating1980Pockar died of AIDS in 1992, and was outed in 1999 by Scott Hamilton.
data-sort-value="Boitano, Brian" United StatesFigure skating1984, 1988, 1994Came 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.
data-sort-value="Høiseth, Edel Therese" Edel Therese HøisethSpeed skating1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998
data-sort-value="McCall, Robert" Figure skating1984, 1988Won 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.
data-sort-value="Orser, Brian" Figure skating1984, 1988Orser was outed in 1998 as part of a lawsuit involving a former partner that was made public. After competing, he has coached Olympic skating champions.
data-sort-value="Guetschow, Joan" United StatesBiathlon1992, 1994While Guetschow was publicly out as a lesbian and accepted by her teammates, she felt the team management discriminated against her.
data-sort-value="Witty, Chris" Chris Witty United StatesSpeed skating1994, 1998, 2002, 2006Witty 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. She lives with partner and fellow former speed skater Frouke Oonk.
data-sort-value="Drolet, Nancy" Ice hockey1998Drolet and her wife began living together in 1995.[1]
data-sort-value="Hefford, Jayna" Ice hockey1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014Was with her partner, Kathleen Kauth, prior to 2014 Games.
data-sort-value="Kjeldaas, Stine Brun" Stine Brun KjeldaasSnowboarding1998, 2002Previously married to Cheryl Maas.
data-sort-value="Ruggiero, Angela" Angela RuggieroIce hockey1998, 2002, 2006, 2010Competed at four Winter Olympics, medalling in each. 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.[2] [3]
data-sort-value="Wilson, Stacy" Stacy WilsonIce hockey1998
data-sort-value="Wijsman, Marieke" Marieke WijsmanSpeed skating1998, 2002
data-sort-value="Chu, Julie" Julie Chu United StatesIce hockey2002, 2006, 2010, 2014Married to Canadian ice hockey player Caroline Ouellette; the two competed against each other in Olympic finals on three occasions. Chu was a flagbearer in 2014.
data-sort-value="Goebel, Timothy" United StatesFigure skating2002Goebel was not known to be out when he competed.[4]
data-sort-value="Holst, Erika" Ice hockey2002, 2006, 2010Was widely out before 2010.
data-sort-value="Lindberg, Ylva" Ice hockey2002, 2006Came out after the Olympics in 2006.[5]
data-sort-value="Ouellette, Caroline" Caroline OuelletteIce hockey2002, 2006, 2010, 2014Married to American ice hockey player Julie Chu; the two competed against each other in Olympic finals on three occasions.
data-sort-value="Parson, Anja" Alpine skiing2002, 2006, 2010Came out in 2012.[6]
data-sort-value="Savoie, Matthew" Matthew Savoie United StatesFigure skating2002, 2006Was an alternate in 2002 and competed in 2006.[7] [8] Married a man in 2012.[9]
data-sort-value="Skofterud, Vibeke" Cross-country skiing2002, 2010Came out in 2008.[10]
data-sort-value="Stumpf, Tricia" United StatesSkeleton2002Selected to the team but was unable to compete due to injury.[11] Married longtime partner Joan Guetschow in 2004,[12] they ran a small beer business together at the 2002 Olympics.[13]
data-sort-value="Apps, Gillian" Gillian AppsIce hockey2006, 2010, 2014Married American ice hockey player Meghan Duggan in September 2018; they had competed against each other in the final of the 2010 and 2014 Games.[14]
data-sort-value="Buttle, Jeff" Figure skating2006Was not known to be gay when competing,[15] was widely out by 2014.[16]
data-sort-value="Cahow, Caitlin" Caitlin Cahow United StatesIce hockey2006, 2010Cahow 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.[17]
data-sort-value="Kauth, Kathleen" Kathleen Kauth United StatesIce hockey2006Has been in a relationship with Jayna Hefford.
data-sort-value="Labonte, Charline" Ice hockey2006, 2010, 2014Came out after the Games in 2014.
data-sort-value="Maas, Cheryl" Snowboarding2006, 2014, 2018Previously married to Stine Brun Kjeldaas. Before competing in 2014, she criticised the IOC for allowing a homophobic nation to host the Olympics.[18]
data-sort-value="OMeara, Ryan" United StatesFigure skating2006Came out in 2008.
data-sort-value="Vaillancourt, Sarah" Ice hockey2006, 2010Was widely out prior to competing.[19]
data-sort-value="Weir, Johnny" United StatesFigure skating2006, 2010Came out in 2011,[20] after years of homophobic speculation.[21] [22] He was criticized for not supporting a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a city in homophobic Russia.[23]
data-sort-value="Wust, Ireen" Speed skating2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022Was widely out prior to 2010, at which point she was said to be in a relationship with Sanne van Kerkhof.
data-sort-value="Bucsis, Anastasia" Speed skating2010, 2014Came out in 2013, in opposition to Russian anti-gay laws.[24] Was previously in a relationship with Charline Labonté.
data-sort-value="ChythlookSifsof, Callan" United StatesSnowboarding2010Chythlook-Sifsof competed in 2010. She was not selected for the Olympic team for 2014, but came out during this Games in protest of Russia's anti-gay laws.[25]
data-sort-value="Duggan, Meghan" Meghan Duggan United StatesIce hockey2010, 2014, 2018Married Canadian ice hockey player Gillian Apps in September 2018; they had competed against each other in the final of the 2010 and 2014 Games.
data-sort-value="Halilovic, Michi" Michi Halilović GermanySkeleton2010
data-sort-value="Hovi, Venla" Venla Hovi FinlandIce hockey2010, 2014, 2018Married to American ice hockey player Amanda Pelkey.[26]
data-sort-value="Jezersek, Barbara" Cross-country skiing2010, 2014, 2018Was widely out prior to the 2014 Games.[27]
data-sort-value="Knight, Hilary" Hilary Knight United StatesIce hockey2010, 2014, 2018, 2022[28]
data-sort-value="Meiler, Simona" Snowboarding2010, 2014, 2018Was widely out before 2018.
data-sort-value="Mitchell, Eric" Ski jumping2010Came out in 2015.
data-sort-value="Pancochova, Sarka" Snowboarding2010, 2014, 2018, 2022Came out in 2017.[29]
data-sort-value="Poirier, Paul" Figure skating2010, 2018, 2022Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.
data-sort-value="Poulin, Marie Philip" Marie-Philip PoulinIce hockey2010, 2014, 2018, 2022As of 2023, engaged to teammate Laura Stacey.[30]
data-sort-value="Ramboldt, Emilia" Ice hockey2010, 2014, 2018Married a woman in 2015.[31] Competed in 2010 and 2014 as Emilia Andersson.
data-sort-value="Simmerling, Georgia" Alpine skiing, Freestyle skiing2010, 2014Simmerling 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.[32] [33] She was widely out prior to the 2020 Games, and has been in a relationship with Stephanie Labbé since 2016.[34]
data-sort-value="Skjellerup, Blake" Speed skating2010Came 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.[35]
data-sort-value="van Kerkhof, Sanne" Speed skating2010, 2014Was widely out prior to 2010, at which point she was said to be in a relationship with Ireen Wüst.
data-sort-value="Bowe, Brittany" United StatesSpeed skating2014, 2018, 2022Was widely out prior to 2018.
data-sort-value="Brockhoff, Belle" Snowboarding2014, 2018, 2022Brockhoff came out in 2013, ahead of the 2014 Winter Games.[36] 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.[37]
data-sort-value="Brown, Jason" United StatesFigure skating2014, 2022Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.
data-sort-value="Carpenter, Alex" United StatesIce hockey2014, 2022Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.
data-sort-value="Daoust, Melodie" Ice hockey2014, 2018, 2022Widely out prior to competing.[38]
data-sort-value="Fennell, John" Luge2014Came out after the Games in 2014.[39]
data-sort-value="Hendrickx, Jorik" Figure skating2014, 2018Came out shortly before the Games in 2018.[40]
data-sort-value="IraschkoStolz, Daniela" Ski jumping2014, 2018, 2022Married a woman in 2013.[41]
data-sort-value="Jenner, Brianne" Ice hockey2014, 2018, 2022Married a woman in 2019.[42]
data-sort-value="Kenworthy, Gus" United States / Freestyle skiing2014, 2018, 2022Kenworthy came out publicly in 2015.[43] He notably kissed his boyfriend on the slope in 2018, causing the moment to be broadcast live.[44] He competed for the United States in 2014 and 2018, and for Great Britain in 2022.
data-sort-value="Naeslund, Sandra" Freestyle skiing2014, 2018, 2022Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.
data-sort-value="Radford, Eric" Figure skating2014, 2018, 2022Came out after the Games in 2014.
data-sort-value="Raya, Javier" Figure skating2014Came out widely in 2016.[45]
data-sort-value="Weaver, Kaitlyn" CanadaFigure skating2014, 2018Came 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.[46]
data-sort-value="Zabiiako, Natalia" Estonia / Figure skating2014, 2018Zabiiako was set to compete in 2014 for Estonia, but her pairs skating partner's registration was cancelled.[47] 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.[48] In 2022, she came out publicly when her partner, Daria Kasatkina, did.[49]
data-sort-value="Cizeron, Guillaume" Figure skating2018, 2022Widely out by 2020.[50]
data-sort-value="Clark, Emily" Ice hockey2018, 2022Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.
data-sort-value="Johnson, Breezy" United StatesAlpine skiing2018, 2022Johnson was injured in training for the 2022 Winter Olympics and could not compete. She came out as bisexual later that year.[51]
data-sort-value="Kinney, Christopher" United StatesBobsleigh2018[52]
data-sort-value="Meylemans, Kim" Skeleton2018, 2022Widely out before competing, Meylemans competed against her girlfriend Nicole Silveira in 2022.[53]
data-sort-value="Pelkey, Amanda Amanda Pelkey United StatesIce hockey2018Married to Finnish ice hockey player Venla Hovi.
data-sort-value="Rippon, Adam" United StatesFigure skating2018Came out in 2015.[54]
data-sort-value="Roberts, Hig" United StatesAlpine skiing2018Alternate. Came out in 2020 after retiring in 2019.[55]
data-sort-value="Saulnier, Jill" Ice hockey2018, 2022Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.
data-sort-value="Savolainen, Ronja" Ice hockey2018, 2022Widely out prior to the 2020 Games. In a relationship with Anna Kjellbin.
data-sort-value="Stacey, Laura" Laura StaceyIce hockey2018, 2022As of 2023, engaged to teammate Marie-Philip Poulin.
data-sort-value="Vercruyssen, Sophie" Bobsleigh2018[56]
data-sort-value="Wesenberg, Kendall" United StatesSkeleton2018[57]
data-sort-value="Wolf, Lara" Freestyle skiing2018, 2022Widely out prior to the 2022 Games.
data-sort-value="Ambrose, Erin" Ice hockey2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Ambrosini, Filippo" Figure skating2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Aymoz, Kevin" Figure skating2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Bankes, Megan" Biathlon2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Berglund, Ebba" Ice hockey2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Blaser, Andrew" United StatesSkeleton2022Widely out prior to competing, Blaser raced with a rainbow flag on his sled.[58]
data-sort-value="Gerken Schofield, Makayla" Freestyle skiing2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Gibson, Lewis" Figure skating2022Gibson 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.
data-sort-value="Glenn, Amber" United StatesFigure skating2022Widely out prior to competing,[59] Glenn was selected as a reserve.
data-sort-value="Kjellbin, Anna" Ice hockey2022Widely out prior to competing. In a relationship with Ronja Savolainen.[60]
data-sort-value="Ledlova, Aneta" Ice hockey2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="LeDuc, Timothy" United StatesFigure skating2022LeDuc is non-binary and was widely out prior to competing.[61]
data-sort-value="Liu, Alysa" United StatesFigure skating2022[62]
data-sort-value="Mouat, Bruce" Curling2022Widely out prior to competing, 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.[63]
data-sort-value="ProulxSenecal, Simon" Figure skating2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Lee Rattray, Jamie" Ice hockey2022Widely out prior to competing.
data-sort-value="Silveira, Nicole" Skeleton2022Widely out before competing, Silveira competed against her girlfriend Kim Meylemans in 2022.
data-sort-value="ZandeeHart, Micah" Ice hockey2022Widely out prior to competing.

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