List of LGBT Summer Olympians (1896–2000)
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There are 135[lower-alpha 1] modern Summer Olympic athletes, who made their Olympic debut up to and including 2000, who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship, including one who has also competed at the Winter Olympic Games. The first Olympic Games in which an athlete now known to be LGBT+ competed was the 1900 Summer Olympics, also the first LGBT+ Olympic medalist and first contemporaneously out Olympian.[lower-alpha 1]
The most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Summer Olympian is Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals including 5 golds.[lower-alpha 1] At least 77 LGBT+ Summer Olympians to 2000 are medalists (57.04%), of which 37 have at least one gold medal (27.41%).[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]