From: NewNowNext
35 percent of the record-breaking 53 out athletes competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics took home medals, either solo or in a group.
This in comparison to leading Olympic contenders the United States, Great Britain and China, who saw roughly 20 percent of their athletes take home medals.
If all the openly LGBTI athletes were consolidated onto one team, their five gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals would have placed them in 16th overall, ahead of countries like New Zealand, Canada and Kenya.
Though the 2016 Games were not without their controversy, including journalists outing athletes and fans shouting homophobic chants at players, they also saw empowering coming out moments, joyful proclamations of same-sex love and plenty of proudly out athletes taking to the Olympic podiums.
Here’s hoping the 2020 Games in Tokyo will be even gayer!
Gold Medals:
Nicola Adams
Great Britain
Boxing
51kg weight class
Kate Richardson-Walsh
Helen Richardson-Walsh
&
Susannah Townsend
Great Britain
Field Hockey
Rafaela Silva
Brazil
Judo
57kg weight class
Seimone Augustus
Elena Delle Donne
Brittney Griner
&
Angel McCoughtry
USA
Basketball
Caster Semenya
South Africa
Track and Field
800m run
Silver Medals:
Lisa Dahlkvist
Nilla Fisher
Hedvig Lindahl
&
Caroline Seger
Sweden
Soccer
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
&
Maartje Paumen
Netherlands
Field Hockey
Sunette Viljoen
South Africa
Track and Field
Javelin
Rachele Bruni
Italy
Swimming
10km
Carl Hester
&
Spencer Wilton
Great Britain
Equestrian
Dressage
Bronze Medals:
Stephanie Labbe
&
Marie-Eve Nault
Canada
Soccer
Tom Daley
Great Britain
Diving
Jen Kish
Canada
Rugby
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