Record number of LGBT athletes will be at Rio Olympics

Forty-two athletes competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio are open members of the LGBT community, a record number, according to OUTsports.

Of the out athletes, 32 are female and 10 are male, and two of them are a married couple. Helen Richardson-Walsh and Kate Richardson-Walsh, both British field hockey players, married in 2013.

The U.S. currently has seven lesbian Olympians heading to Rio.

Seimone Augustus, Brittney Griner and Angel McCoughtry play for the U.S. basketball team, Kelly Griffin and Jillion Potter are on the U.S. rugby team, Megan Rapinoe plays soccer and Ashley Nee will compete in the kayak whitewater slalom.

Along with the athletes, three team head coaches have come out. Alyson Annan coaches the Dutch women’s field hockey team, Jill Ellis is the head coach of the United States women’s soccer team and Pia Sundhage is head coach of Sweden’s women’s soccer team.

A list of all out Olympic athletes:

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)

Katie Duncan (New Zealand, soccer)

Nilla Fisher (Sweden, soccer)

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 Strut (Germany, pole vault)

Melissa Tancredi (Canada, soccer)

Susannah Townsend (Great Britian, field hockey)

Sunette Stella Viljoen (South Africa, javelin)

Julia Vasconcelos (Brazil, taekowndo)

Jeffrey Wammes (Netherlands, gymnastics)

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