List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender sportspeople

List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender sportspeople.

Name Lifetime[1] Nationality Sport Notes[2]
Graham Ackerman b. 1983 American Gymnastics G[3]
Jenny Allard b. ? American Softball L[4]
John Amaechi b. 1970 British Basketball G[5]
Alyson Annan b. 1973 Australian Field hockey L[6]
Judith Arndt b. 1976 German Cycling L[7]
Mianne Bagger b. 1966 Danish Golf T[8]
Billy Bean b. 1964 American Baseball G[9]
Thomas Berling b. 1979 Norwegian Soccer G[10]
Brendan Burke 1988–2010 American Ice hockey G[11]
Glenn Burke 1952–1995 American Baseball G[12]
Balian Buschbaum b. 1980 German Pole vault T[13]
Latasha Byears b. 1973 American Basketball L[14]
J. P. Calderon b. 1975 American Volleyball G[15]
Natalie Cook b. 1975 Australian Beach volleyball L[16]
Toller Cranston b. 1949 Canadian Figure skating B[17]
John Curry 1949–1994 British Figure skating G[18]
Donal Óg Cusack b. 1977 Irish Hurling G[19]
Steven Davies b. 1986 British Cricket G[20]
Robert Dover b. 1956 American Equestrian G[21]
Nancy Drolet b. 1973 Canadian Hockey L[22]
Michelle Dumaresq  ? Canadian Mountain biking T[23]
Imke Duplitzer b. 1975 German Fencing L[24]
Justin Fashanu 1961–1998 British Soccer G[25]
Gigi Fernández b. 1964 Puerto-Rican Tennis L[26]
Rudy Galindo b. 1969 American Figure skating G[27]
Ed Gallagher 1958–2005 American American football G[28]
Missy Giove b. 1972 American Mountain biking L[29]
Andrew Goldstein b. 1983 American Lacrosse G[30]
Joan Guetschow b. 1966 American Biathlon L[31]
Matthew Hall b. 1970 Canadian Figure skating G[32]
Gro Hammerseng b. 1980 Norwegian Handball L[33]
Kyle Hawkins b. 1970 American Lacrosse G[34]
Bruce Hayes b. 1963 American Swimming G[35]
Erika Holst b. 1979 Sweden Ice hockey L[36]
Mia Hundvin b. 1977 Norwegian Handball B[37]
Anton Hysén b. 1990 Swedish Soccer G[38]
Helen Jacobs 1908–1997 American Tennis L[39]
Patrick Jeffrey b. 1965 American Diving G[40]
Rosie Jones b. 1959 American Golf L[41]
Orlando Jordan b. 1974 American Professional wrestling B[42]
Chris Kanyon 1970–2010 American Professional wrestling G[43]
Peter Karlsson 1966–1995 Swedish Ice hockey G[44]
Johan Kenkhuis b. 1980 Dutch Swimming G[45]
Billie Jean King b. 1943 American Tennis B[46]
Ilana Kloss b. 1956 South African / American Tennis L[47]
David Kopay b. 1942 American American football G[48]
Daniel Kowalski b. 1975 Australian Swimming G[49]
Mark Leduc 1962–2009 Canadian Boxing G[50]
Ylva Lindberg b. 1976 Swedish Ice hockey L[36]
Greg Louganis b. 1960 American Diving G[51]
Hana Mandlíková b. 1962 Czech Tennis L[52]
Conchita Martínez b. 1972 Spanish Tennis L[53]
Amélie Mauresmo b. 1979 French Tennis L[54]
Robert McCall 1958–1991 Canadian Figure skating G[55]
Holly Metcalf b. 1958 American Rowing L[56]
Matthew Mitcham b. 1988 Australian Diving G[57]
Chris Morgan b. 1973 British Powerlifting G[58]
Martina Navratilova b. 1956 Czech-born American Tennis L[59]
Jana Novotná b. 1968 Czech Tennis L[60]
Ondrej Nepela 1951–1989 Slovakian Figure skating G[17]
Scott Norton b. 1982 American Bowling G[61]
Diana Nyad b. 1949 American Swimming L[62]
Katja Nyberg b. 1979 Sweden Handball L[63]
Ryan O'Meara b. 1984 American Ice dancing G[64]
Graeme Obree b. 1965 Scottish Cycling G[65]
Brian Orser b. 1961 Canadian Figure skating G[66]
Nigel Owens b. 1971 Welsh Rugby referee G[67]
Tzipora Obziler b. 1973 Israeli Tennis L[60]
Dave Pallone b. 1951 American Baseball umpire G[68]
Bob Paris b. 1959 American Bodybuilding G[69]
Pat Patterson b. 1941 Canadian Professional wrestling G[70]
David Pichler b. 1968 American Diving G[71]
Brian Pockar 1959–1992 Canadian Figure skating G[55]
Lisa Raymond b. 1973 American Tennis L[72]
Renée Richards b. 1934 American Tennis T[73]
Ian Roberts b. 1965 Australian Rugby G[74]
Petra Rossner b. 1966 German Cycling L[7]
Olivier Rouyer b. 1955 French Soccer G[75]
Patty Sheehan b. 1956 American Golf L[76]
Will Sheridan b. 1985 American Basketball G[77]
Vibeke Skofterud b. 1980 Norwegian Cross country skiing B[78]
Roy Simmons b. 1956 American American football G[79]
Blake Skjellerup b. 1985 New Zealander Short-track speed skating G[80]
Jerry Smith 1943-1986 American American football G[81]
Muffin Spencer-Devlin b. 1953 American Golf L[59]
Rennae Stubbs b. 1971 Australian Tennis L[82]
Sheryl Swoopes b. 1971 American Basketball B[83]
Blyth Tait b. 1961 New Zealander Equestrian G[84]
David Testo b. 1981 American Soccer G[85]
Mark Tewksbury b. 1968 Canadian Swimming G[56]
Carole Thate b. 1971 Dutch Field hockey L[6]
Bill Tilden 1893-1953 American Tennis G[86]
Ted Tinling 1910-1990 British Tennis G[87]
Gareth Thomas b. 1974 Welsh Rugby G[88]
Esera Tuaolo b. 1968 American American football G[89]
Sarah Vaillancourt b. 1985 Canadian Ice hockey L[90]
Michele Van Gorp b. 1977 American Basketball L[91]
Mike Verschuur b. 1987 Dutch Automobile racing G[92]
Dan Veatch b. 1965 American Swimming G[93]
Lisa-Marie Vizaniari b. 1971 Australian Track and field; Boxing L[94]
Tom Waddell 1937-1987 American Decathlon; Creator of the Gay Games. G[95]
Ji Wallace b. 1977 Australian Trampoline gymnastics G[96]
Ann Wauters b. 1980 Belgian Basketball L[97]
Rick Welts b. 1953 American Basketball executive G[98]
Johnny Weir b. 1984 American Figure skating G[99]
Diane Whipple 1968-2001 American Lacrosse L[100]
Sue Wicks b. 1966 American Basketball L[101]
David Wilson b. ? Canadian Figure skating G[102]
Ireen Wüst b. 1986 Dutch Speed skating L[103]
Alissa Wykes b. ? American American football L[104]

See also

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