Saturday, August 20, 2016

19 out LGBTI athletes have won Olympic medals so far in Rio

We'll track the medal count for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex athletes competing at the Summer Olympics in Rio.
From: OutSports
We're keeping track of the medal count for Team LGBTI, as though they were competing together as a country. We are counting anyone who is out publicly, or comes out publicly during the Games, as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex.

In 2012, about 40% of the publicly out LGBTI athletes won medals, as Team LGBTI did very well for itself at the Summer Olympics in London.

With so many athletes participating in track & field, soccer and basketball, the final medal count will be expected to increase in week two of the Olympic Games. Still, our athletes are holding their own early on.

Gold Medals

Nicola Adams
Great Britain
Boxing
51kg weight class
Beat France's Sarah Ourahmoune, 3-0, in gold-medal match

Kate Richardson-Walsh 
Helen Richardson-Walsh 
Susannah Townsend
Great Britain
Field hockey
Won gold by beating defending-champ Netherlands in shootout

Rafaela Silva
Brazil
Judo
Women's 57kg
Won first gold medal for Brazil and Team LGBTI

Silver Medals

Lisa Dahlkvist
Nilla Fischer
Hedvig Lindahl 
Caroline Seger
Sweden
Soccer
Fell to Germany, 2-1, in the gold medal match after beating USA and Brazil

Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel 
Maartje Paumen
Netherlands
Field Hockey
Lost to Great Britain in a shootout

Sunette Viljoen
South Africa
Track & Field
Javelin
Barely edged out third and fourth place for silver

Rachele Bruni
Italy
Swimming
10km
Dedicated her medal to her "beloved"

Carl Hester
Great Britain
Dressage
Team Dressage
Hester also won gold in team dressage in London

Spencer Wilton
Great Britain
Dressage
Team Dressage
This is Wilton's first Olympic medal

Bronze Medals

Stephanie Labbe 
Marie-Eve Nault
Canada
Soccer
Canadian soccer team beat Brazil, 2-1, for bronze

Tom Daley
Great Britain
Diving 
Men's synchronized 10-meter platform 
Edged out German duo on last dive for bronze

Jen Kish
Canada
Rugby
Women's sevens 
Beat Great Britain, 33-10, to win bronze; Lost semifinal match, 5-0

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