The 2016 Summer Olympics Will Be The Gayest In History

From: Queerty

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio have just begun, but already this year is breaking records.

The games will have the most publicly out LGBTQ athletes in Olympic history, which a whopping 44 athletes (plus three coaches) from all across the world. That’s up from 23 in 2012.

Tony Scupham-Bilton have been keeping very close tabs on all the out athletes competing this year and, they say, the number will likely grow as they continue their coverage.

“We expect the list to grow as more athletes are revealed to be out,” editors write. “This often occurs on team sports in Europe or in lesser-know sports where athletes are out but haven’t gotten much publicity.”

Here’s the official list (so far!) compiled by Outsports:

Nicola Adams 

Great Britain, boxing

Seimone Augustus 

USA, basketball

Tom Bosworth 

Great Britain, race walk

Dutee Chand 

India, track & field

Tom Daley 

Great Britain, diving)

Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel 

Netherlands, field hockey

Lisa Dahlkvist 

Sweden, soccer

Elena Delle Donne 

USA, basketball

Katie Duncan 

New Zealand, soccer

Nilla Fisher 

Sweden, soccer

Amini Fonua 

Tonga, swimming

Larissa França 

Brazil, beach volleyball

Edward Gal 

Netherlands, equestrian

Kelly Griffin 

USA, rugby

Brittney Griner 

USA, basketball

Carl Hester 

Great Britain, equestrian

Michelle Heyman 

Australia, soccer

Mélanie Henique 

France, swimming

Stephanie Labbe 

Canada, soccer

Alexandra Lacrabère 

France, handball

Hedvig Lindahl 

Sweden, soccer

Ari-Pekka Liukkonen 

Finland, swimming

Robbie Manson 

New Zealand, rowing

Hans Peter Minderhoud 

Netherlands, equestrian

Ian Matos 

Brazil, diving

Angel McCoughtry 

USA, basketball

Nadine Müller 

Germany, discus

Marie-Eve Nault 

Canada, soccer

Ashley Nee 

USA, kayak whitewater slalom

Maartje Paumen 

Netherlands, field hockey

Mayssa Pessoa 

Brazil, handball

Jillion Potter 

USA, rugby

Megan Rapinoe 

USA, soccer

Helen Richardson-Walsh 

Great Britain, field hockey

Kate Richardson-Walsh 

Great Britain, field hockey

Carolina Seger 

Sweden, soccer

Caster Semenya 

South Africa, track & field

Martina Strutz 

Germany, pole vault

Melissa Tancredi 

Canada, soccer

Susannah Townsend 

Great Britian, field hockey

Sunette Stella Viljoen 

South Africa, javelin

Julia Vasconcelos 

Brazil, taekwondo

Julia confirmed to Claudia Custodio (@Cau__ on Twitter) with ESPN Brazil that she is a lesbian.

Jeffrey Wammes 

Netherlands, gymnastics

Spencer Wilton 

Great Britain, equestrian