Lauren Scruggs (left) was the first LGBTQ team athlete to win a silver medal at the Paris Olympics. | Andrew P. Scott – USA TODAY Sports
Team LGBTQ is currently tied for 15th place on the medal list for the 2024 Paris Olympics, currently tied with Canada.
Outsports tracks all openly LGBTQ athletes collectively as Team LGBTQ, as if they were on their country’s team. At the Tokyo Olympics, 186 openly LGBTQ athletes would have ranked seventh overall in medals if they were on their country’s team.
Team LGBTQ’s medal tally currently stands at one silver and one bronze.
Currently, there are 175 openly-identified athletes on the LGBTQ team, the 15th-highest number of athletes among the “nations” competing in the Paris Olympics. More athletes are being added to this list of openly-identified gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender athletes competing in the Olympics almost daily, so the number of LGBTQ team members is likely to grow as more athletes are seen living their lives openly.
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Many of the medals won by LGBTQ teams will come in the second week of the Olympics because team sports have a large number of out athletes, and LGBTQ teams often get off to a slow start.
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No LGBTQ team has yet won a gold medal.
Lauren Scruggs, USA, Fencing
Lauren Scruggs won the silver medal for the United States in the women’s individual foil final, the first all-American final at the tournament. It was a great turn of events for Scruggs, who came into the tournament ranked 11th in the world. She competes at the collegiate level at Harvard University.
Amandine Bouchard, France, Judo
Amandine Bouchard followed up her 52kg individual silver medal in Tokyo with a bronze medal in front of her home crowd. She was in tears after winning the medal.
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Outsports will track Team LGBTQ’s medal count every day during the 2024 Paris Olympics and see how the team ranks against participating countries.
