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Transgender and Intersex Olympians (22)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Yvonne Buschbaum GER ATH Olympics 2000 Competed as a woman, underwent gender reassignment surgery
Léa Caurla FRA ATH Non-starter 1948 Competed as a woman, underwent gender reassignment surgery.
Lillian Chalmers GBR ATH Non-starter 1936 Competed as a woman, underwent gender reassignment surgery
Meline Daluzyan ARM WLF Olympics 2012 Competed as a woman, underwent gender reassignment surgery
Wilfrid Forgues FRA CSL Olympics 1992—2000 Competed as a man, underwent gender reassignment surgery
Ellia Green AUS RU7 Olympics 2016 Came out as a trans man in August 2022.
Laurel Hubbard NZL WLF Olympics 2020 Competed as a woman after undergoing gender reassignment surgery
Bruce Jenner USA ATH Olympics 1972—1976 Competed as a man, underwent gender reassignment surgery
Ewa Kłobukowska POL ATH Olympics 1964 Competed as a woman, was forced to retire from sport after failing gender test due to a genetic mosaicism (intersex characteristics) which incorrectly ruled her not eligible to compete as a woman
Carol Kumahara BRA TTE Olympics / YOG 2010—2020 Competed as a woman, but in 2023 underwent gender reassignment surgery and became a male, Luca Kumahara.
Beatrice Masilingi NAM ATH Olympics 2020 Competed as a woman, but was not allowed to compete in the 400m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of World Athletics rules on "Athletes with Differences of Sexual Development" (DSD).
Christine Mboma NAM ATH Olympics 2020 Competed as a woman, but was not allowed to compete in the 400m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of World Athletics rules on "Athletes with Differences of Sexual Development" (DSD).
Francine Niyonsaba BDI ATH Olympics 2012—2020 Competed as a woman, but in 2019 World Athletics announced she would not be able to compete in female events between 400 metres and one mile due to rules on "Athletes with Differences of Sexual Development" (DSD).
Štefánie Pekarová TCH ATH Non-starter 1936
Rebecca Quinn CAN FBL Olympics 2016—2020 Came out as non-binary transgender in September 2020. Uses pronouns they/them.
Dora Ratjen GER ATH Olympics 1936 Competed as a woman, was discovered to have intersex characteristics and forced to retire from sport, continued to live as a man
Louise Sand SWE HBL Olympics 2016 Competed as a woman, publicly announced she identifies as a man
Caster Semenya RSA ATH Olympics / Other 2012—2016 Competed as a woman, is an intersex woman who was assigned female at birth.
Aminatou Seyni NIG ATH Olympics 2020 Competed as a woman, but was not allowed to compete in the 400m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of World Athletics rules on "Athletes with Differences of Sexual Development" (DSD).
Edinanci da Silva BRA JUD Olympics 1996—2008 Competed as a woman, was born with intersex characteristics and underwent gender reassignment surgery
Stanisława Walasiewicz POL ATH Olympics 1932—1936 Competed as a woman, was discovered to have intersex characteristics upon her death
Margaret Wambui KEN ATH Olympics 2016 Competed as a woman, but in 2019 World Athletics announced she would not be able to compete in female events between 400 metres and one mile due to rules on "Athletes with Differences of Sexual Development" (DSD).