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Lia Catherine Thomas [2] (born May 1999) is an American swimmer. She was the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, having won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in 2022, before being barred from competing in women's events by World Aquatics .
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who made national headlines in 2022 after winning an NCAA individual title, will not be allowed to compete in elite women’s races, including the 2024 Olympics ...
Lia Thomas, the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer at the center of a heated national debate over whether transgender women should compete against cisgender athletes, has addressed her ...
In this file photo, University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas competes on March 17, 2022 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. (Rich von Biberstein / Icon Sportswire via AP)
March 17, 2022 at 9:16 PM. Penn swimmer Lia Thomas won the women's 500-yard freestyle championship on Thursday to become the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history.
Henig, Lia Thomas, Schuyler Bailar in Boston in 2022 In February 2022, Henig again faced Thomas at the Ivy League championships at Harvard University . This time there were no protests outside, and "8 Against Hate" signs, representing the eight schools of the Ivy League, hung on the walls and on several athletes' shirts. [ 37 ]
Lia Thomas has launched legal action against World Aquatics as the American swimmer bids to compete again in elite ... The NCAA championship in 2022 remains Thomas’s last competitive meet, and ...