Turasi has played 38 Olympic games for Team USA, more than any other American basketball player.Īdam Rippon, Gus Kenworthy and Brittany Bowe women’s basketball team has posted a perfect 38-0 record at the Olympics since the two guards debuted at the 2004 Athens Games. It wasn’t until the 2018 Games when Team USA featured its first openly gay Winter Olympians, as figure skater Adam Rippon, freeskier Gus Kenworthy and speed skater Brittany Bowe competed in PyeongChang. Kenworthy won silver at the 2014 Games, but didn’t come out until the following year. Rippon earned bronze in the 2018 team figure skating competition to make him the United States’ first openly gay medalist at the Winter Games. Bowe wound up earning bronze in the women’s team pursuit.
Two transgender athletes made history at the 2020 Tokyo Games.Ĭanadian midfielder Quinn became the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics. The 26-year-old made more history by the time the women’s soccer tournament was over as well. With Canada beating Sweden in the gold medal match, Quinn became the first transgender and nonbinary athlete to medal at the Olympics.
