Mouat, who is gay, had himself quite the 2021.
Scottish curler Bruce Mouat will captain Great Britain’s men’s team and compete in the mixed doubles event as he makes his Olympic debut, and it’d be surprising if he didn’t come away with any hardware. Championships last month, booking their first trip to the Olympics in the process. LeDuc, 31, and Cain-Gribble, 26, claimed their second national title together at the U.S. Get to Know Team USA Newcomer Timothy LeDuc pairs title when they skated to a first-place finish with partner Ashley Cain-Gribble at the 2019 national championships. LeDuc became the first openly gay athlete to win a U.S. Now, they’ll look to add Olympic gold to their crowded medal cases.Īmerican figure skater Timothy LeDuc will make history at the 2022 Games as the first publicly out non-binary Winter Olympian. Championships in January.īrown came out as gay during Pride Month, June, of last year.Īt their first Olympics in 2018, Cizeron and Papadakis took silver.
The 27-year-old helped the United States to a silver medal finish at the 2021 World Team Trophy, and medaled for the fourth straight time at the U.S. But he was a first alternate for the 2018 Games after a sixth-place finish at nationals. Brown took home a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Games and won gold at the 2015 U.S. Jason Brown is back on the Team USA figure skating team for the 2022 Olympics. The 29-year-old just missed out on another medal in the individual event, coming in fourth.
Two months before the PyeongChang Games, Brockhoff ruptured her ACL for the second time in less than a year.īrockhoff, who is lesbian, claimed her first world gold medal at the 2021 World Championships, finishing first in the mixed team event with Jarryd Hughes. The Australian snowboarder fell short of a podium finish at the past two Olympics, though her participation in 2018 was an impressive feat on its own. Olympic long-track speed skating team in 2018, has known Bowe since she was 10.īelle Brockhoff, Australia USA TODAY Sportsīelle Brockhoff will be hoping the third time’s the charm in Beijing. The 28-year-old Jackson, who became the first Black woman to make a U.S. She’s earned it and she deserves it." on her decision to give up her Olympic spot in the 500m to her friend /JaT58YCQ3s "Erin has a shot to bring home a medal – hopefully a gold medal – and it’s my honor to give her that opportunity. Olympic skeleton team (three athletes) since the sport was reintroduced at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. He was the lone American male skeleton athlete to earn a spot at the Beijing Games and will be part of the smallest U.S.
Openly LGBTQ Olympians competing in the Beijing Winter GamesĪndrew Blaser will become the first openly gay man to compete in skeleton at the Olympics. Here are 10 of the out LGBTQ athletes who are set to compete at the Beijing Olympics. That number will be more than doubled at this year’s Games as at least 34 out athletes will compete at the Beijing Games, in a country where same-sex marriage is illegal and LGBTQ activism is restricted. The Tokyo Olympics saw a record performance from out athletes as well, with 55 LGBTQ athletes earning a podium finish, according to Out Magazine.Ī Winter Olympics-record 15 out LGBTQ athletes took part in the 2018 PyeongChang Games. Not only was that the most at any Olympics ever, but it was also more than triple the number of LGBTQ athletes at the 2016 Rio Games. Last summer’s Tokyo Olympics was a record-setting one for LGBTQ athletes.Ī total of 186 publicly out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary athletes participated in the Tokyo Games, according to.