Overview
- Nineteen of the 49 publicly out competitors reached the podium, according to Outsports’ final count.
- The haul comprised five gold, two silver and four bronze medals, equating to an effective 13th place by medal table.
- Gold medalists included U.S. hockey’s Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter, plus Guillaume Cizeron, Breezy Johnson, Amber Glenn and Mathilde Gremaud.
- Silver honors went to curler Bruce Mouat and six out players on Canada’s women’s hockey team; bronze to Swiss ice hockey player Laura Zimmermann, Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund, Belgium’s Tineke den Dulk and Canada’s Paul Poirier.
- Outsports’ notional “Team LGBTQ+” framed a record presence, with visibility milestones such as Sweden’s Elis Lundholm becoming the first trans man Winter Olympian.