Already three individual medals for out LGBT Paralympians in Rio

Out LGBT Paralympians have already won medals across three different sports, hailing from three different countries.
From: OutSports

Marieke Vervoort celebrates her silver medal for Belgium.
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Publicly out LGBT athletes at the Paralympics in Rio are already continuing the winning tradition of the out Olympians weeks before them, bringing home lots of medals.

With team competitions still to be resolved, and various individual events still to come, publicly out athletes have already won three medals, including one of each color. They have also been across three different sports and from three different countries.

Half of the dozen gay, lesbian and bisexual athletes we know about in this year's Paralympics are on teams from the United States whose results are not yet fully known, so we anticipate the number of medals to dramatically increase. We'll track their medal performances here.

So far, here are the medal winners:

GOLD

Megan Giglia 

Great Britain

Cycling

Won Great Britain's first gold of these Paralympics

SILVER

Marieke Vervoort 

Belgium

Wheelchair Racing

Took the silver in the women's 400-meter.

BRONZE

Moran Samuel 

Israel

Rowing

Won bronze in women's single sculls

At least 11 out LGBT athletes competing at the Paralympics in Rio

We will track the performances of all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes at the Paralympics in Rio.
From: OutSports

After a Summer Olympic Games that saw a record-smashing number of publicly out lesbian, gay and bisexual athletes, the Paralympics are set to follow suit in Rio.

We know of at least 11 publicly out Paralympians who will be competing for gold in Rio, the most we have known of in a single Paralympics. Just as with the Olympics, we hope this list will grow during the Paralympics as we identify more athletes who have had the courage to come out. Also just as with the Olympics, the vast majority of out athletes we know of are women.

Jen Armbruster 

USA

Goalball

Abby Dunkin 

USA 

Wheelchair Basketball

Megan Giglia 

Great Britain

Cycling

Allison Jones 

USA

Cycling

Angela Madsen 

USA

Track & Field

Aysa Miller 

USA 

Goalball

Desiree Miller 

USA

Wheelchair Basketball

Cindy Ouellet 

Canada 

Wheelchair Basketball

Lee Pearson 

Great Britain

Equestrian

Moran Samuel 

Israel

Rowing

Marieke Vervoort 

Belgium

Wheelchair Racing

Great Britain's Claire Harvey, who was set to compete in the discus, had to withdraw due to a hand injury.

In addition there are also some coaches who are out, including Team USA's head women's wheelchair basketball coach and former Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Wheeler, along with her assistant coach, Amy Spangler.

We'll be tracking how all of the LGBT Paralympic athletes and coaches perform over the course of their competitions in Rio.

If you are an LGBT Paralympian or know someone who is publicly out, please email us at outsports@gmail.com.