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Laurel Hubbard. Laurel Hubbard (born 9 February 1978) is a New Zealand weightlifter. [3] Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games. [4][5] Prior to making her Olympic debut, Hubbard achieved a ranking of 7th in the IWF's women's +87 kg division. [6][5]
e. The participation of transgender people in competitive sports, a traditionally sex-segregated institution, [1] is a controversial issue, particularly the inclusion of transgender women and girls in women's sports. Opponents argue that transgender women have an unfair advantage over, and may endanger, cisgender women in competitive sports due ...
Assigned female at birth, [3] they came out as transgender and nonbinary on International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2021. [4] They have been competing in the Women's category. [3] At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Hiltz finished seventh in the Women's 1500 meter final. [5]
Transgender and nonbinary middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz ran the second fastest time ever of any American in the women’s 1500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Trials Sunday, qualifying for the ...
BOLOGNA, Italy — Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I ...
Canada women's soccer will do no worse than silver after beating the U.S. women's national team in the Olympic ... to compete in the Olympics. Now Quinn is the first transgender Olympian to secure ...
Lia Thomas. 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 and nonbinary middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz is getting ready to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. What to know about the athlete ahead of the first round of the women's 1500m race.