Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower: Ibex73, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)Browse through all of the Olympics character costumes and cosplay guides. The Summer Games keep producing some of the most recognisable Halloween looks — take Raygun, the Australian breakdancer whose mint-green tracksuit and kangaroo hop went viral at Paris 2024, Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikeç, who won silver with one hand in his pocket and almost no gear, or South Korea’s sharpshooter. You can dress as Raygun, the Turkish Olympic Sharpshooter, the Korean Olympic Sharpshooter or American swimmer Ryan Lochte, and turn any of them into a full athlete costume or a sports-team group from our titles index. Every guide breaks the outfit down item by item, so you know exactly what to buy.
Raygun, really Rachael Gunn, is the Australian breaker who became the standout look of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Her costume is the official green-and-gold Australian breakdancing tracksuit worn over a matching top, with a mint-green skull cap, neon blue sweatbands and striped crew socks pulled up, plus plain white sneakers, because breakers dance in flat soles. It is a comfortable, easy costume for a sports party or a video-themed night, and every piece comes straight off the shelf.
The Turkish Olympic sharpshooter is Yusuf Dikeç, the shooter who won a silver medal at Paris 2024 with one hand in his pocket and almost no equipment. Recreate the look with a short silver-flecked grey wig, plain black glasses and a silver expedition watch. The outfit stays relaxed: a casual jacket or tee with relaxed-fit trousers, finished with black-and-red running shoes. Understated and instantly recognisable, it also works as a last-minute sports costume with nothing technical to assemble.
An Olympics costume is one of the easiest group themes to pull off, because the looks are built from sportswear you can actually buy. Start with the silhouette — a tracksuit, a team jacket, a swim hoodie — then add the small props that make people recognise the character instantly: a mint-green skull cap and neon wristbands for Raygun, black shooting glasses and a grey wig for the Turkish sharpshooter, or goggles and a swim cap for a swimmer. Check your venue’s rules before carrying anything that looks like a pistol, and keep the attitude cool — half the joke is dressing like you didn’t try. Our athlete costume guides cover the pieces.
Everything people ask before dressing as an Olympic athlete — which looks went viral, what each costume actually includes, how to build one for Halloween without spending a fortune, and how to make a sports outfit read as a specific Olympian instead of generic gym wear.
Raygun is Rachael Gunn, the Australian breaker whose kangaroo-inspired routine at the Paris 2024 Olympics went viral worldwide. She turned a niche Olympic sport into one of the most recognisable costumes of the year, and the outfit is simple enough to copy from ordinary sportswear.
Raygun wears the official green-and-gold Australian breakdancing tracksuit with a matching top, a mint-green skull cap, neon blue wristbands and striped crew socks, finished with plain white sneakers. Our guide lists each item so you can buy them separately.
The Turkish Olympic sharpshooter is Yusuf Dikeç, who won a silver medal at Paris 2024 while shooting with one hand in his pocket and minimal equipment. His relaxed, almost casual look is exactly what makes the costume so easy and so funny.
The Turkish sharpshooter look is a short silver-flecked grey wig, plain black glasses, a silver expedition watch, relaxed-fit trousers and black-and-red running shoes. There is no bulky gear to buy, which makes it one of the fastest last-minute sports costumes.
The Korean Olympic sharpshooter wears a black shooting cap, specialised shooting glasses and a sporty team jacket over black jogger pants. Add a South Korea cap or flag patch to make the nationality read instantly at a party.
For a Ryan Lochte costume, wear a Team USA hoodie with fleece pants, a swim cap and swimming goggles, a gold medallion on a chain and platinum-blonde highlight spray in your hair. It reads as an Olympic swimmer without needing a pool.
The Turkish Olympic sharpshooter is the easiest, because it is mostly everyday clothing — grey wig, black glasses, a watch and relaxed trousers with running shoes. Raygun is a close second, since every piece is a standard sportswear buy.
Avoid carrying anything that resembles a real pistol; use a clearly toy or foam prop, if anything, and check your venue’s prop rules before you travel. Many parties and schools ban replica weapons outright, so ask first.
Yes — the Olympics is a natural group theme. Mix Raygun, the Turkish sharpshooter, the Korean sharpshooter and a swimmer so everyone has a different sport, or pair two shooters as a couple. Team jackets also let a whole group match without dressing identically.
The modern Olympic Games are the world’s biggest multi-sport event, staged every four years and last held in Paris in 2024; the next Summer Games head to Los Angeles in 2028. Beyond the medals, the Paris Games produced an unusual run of viral costume moments. Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn became a global talking point for her kangaroo-inspired routine, Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikeç won a silver medal with a hand in his pocket and no specialist eyewear, and South Korean shooter Kim Yeji drew fans for her ice-cold stance. Swim star Ryan Lochte, a six-time Olympic medallist, remains a popular sports-party costume. It is a theme for anyone who wants an athlete or meme look.
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