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List Of LGBT Winter Olympians
There have been 96 modern Winter Olympians who have identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, non-binary, queer, or who have openly been in a same-sex relationship, including two who have also competed at the Summer Olympic Games. The first Winter Olympic Games in which an athlete now known to be LGBT+ competed was the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... The most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Olympian is Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, with 13 medals including 6 golds; Wüst also holds Olympic records. At least 52 LGBT+ Winter Olympians are medalists (54.17% of LGBT+ Winter Olympians), of which 28 have at least one gold medal (29.17%). Overview Key *Tables are default sorted by first Games appearance chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Based on listed statistics per WP:CALC. This overview includes ''all'' LGBTI+ Olympians and Paralympians – Summer, Winter, artist, etc. Please also update at least one of the following: * :Template:LGBT Olympic artists overview * :Template:LGBT Paralympians overview * :Template:Intersex Olympians overview * :Template:LGBT Summer Olympians overview * :Template:LGBT Winter Olympians overview ''All based on the Lists of LGBTQI+ Olympians and Paralympians'' ;Notes {{reflist, group=N Olympians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Debut
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
