LGBT athletes take home record number of medals at Rio 2016

Rio 2016 had already made history for boasting the highest number of openly gay athletes at an Olympics, but the cherry on top of an already stellar Games for diversity is the record number of medals those athletes took home. According to Outsports, 25 out of the 53 openly LGBT athletes competing at Rio won a medal - a massive 47% - with 'Team LGBT' taking home an impressive 10 gold medals. The gold medals were won by:

Nicola Adams (Great Britain, boxing - 51kg weight class)

Another 1 #doingthemost #rio2016 #olympics #adamseffect #boxer

A photo posted by Nicola Adams (@nicolaadamsmbe) on Aug 21, 2016 at 4:03pm PDT

Kate & Helen Richardson-Walsh and Susannah Townsend (Great Britain, women's hockey)

Time to focus on what lies ahead thanks for the unconditional support, we'll be doing all we can to make you proud #Rio2016  #hockey #31

A photo posted by Helen Richardson (@helenrichardson8) on Aug 4, 2016 at 5:39pm PDT

Rafaela Silva (Brazil, Judo Women's 57kg)

A photo posted by Rafaela Silva (@rafaelasilvaa) on Aug 21, 2016 at 9:34am PDT

Seimone Augustus, Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner and Angel McCoughtry (United States, basketball)

Gold!! #unlimitedtogether

A photo posted by Elena Delle Donne (@de11edonne) on Aug 20, 2016 at 3:39pm PDT

Alexandra Lacrabère (France, handball)

Lisa Dahlkvist, Nilla Fisher, Hedvig Lindahl and Carolina Seger (Sweden, football)

Tack för att ni kom och visade eran glädje till våran silvermedalj

A photo posted by Lisa Dahlkvist (@lisadahlkvist) on Aug 21, 2016 at 12:00pm PDT

Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel and Maartje Paumen (Netherlands, women's hockey)

Dit is een goed stel hoor. #Rio2016 #hockey #hockeynl (foto: KNHB/Koen Suyk)

A photo posted by hockey.nl (@hockeynlopinstagram) on Aug 19, 2016 at 9:53pm PDT

Sunette Viljoen, South Africa, Track & Field Javelin

I dreamt 4 years of taking this specific photo to thank God for carrying me and holding my destiny in His hands. pic.twitter.com/qkUPrDoAPg

— Sunette Viljoen (@Sunette_Viljoen) August 20, 2016

Rachele Bruni, Italy, Swimming 10km

Carl Hester & Spencer Wilton (Great Britain, team dressage)

Barney the silver is yours just as much as it's mine! #TwoHearts #Equestriandressage pic.twitter.com/1edzoxo27G

— Carl Hester MBE (@HesterDressage) August 12, 2016

Is that my medal dad!! #supernova #superstar #Olympics pic.twitter.com/in7TLFdYOi

— Spencer Wilton (@SpennyWilton) August 21, 2016

 

The bronze medals were won by:

Stephanie Labbe & Marie-Eve Nault (Canada, football)

What a feeling!!! Love this team!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

A photo posted by Marie-Eve Nault (@menault20) on Aug 19, 2016 at 2:05pm PDT

Tom Daley (Great Britain, diving - men's synchronized 10-meter platform)

OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALISTS!! I can't believe it!! So proud of you @dannielgoodfellow :)

A photo posted by Tom Daley (@tomdaley1994) on Aug 8, 2016 at 2:48pm PDT

Jen Kish (Canada, rugby women's sevens)

I had a great time with @Always_brand here in #Rio2016! We want all girls to Keep Playing #LikeAGirl! #Partner

A photo posted by Jen Kish (@jen_kish) on Aug 16, 2016 at 6:25am PDT

Well done to Team LGBT! More stories: Daily Mail questions Chris Mears and Jack Laughers masculinity after gold medal hug Meet the openly LGBT athletes representing their countries in Rio