Lia Thomas
Lia Catherine Thomas (born 1998/1999)[2] is an American swimmer. She is a student at the University of Pennsylvania. In March 2022, she became the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship in any sport after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle event.
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| Born | 1998/1999 (age 24–25) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | College student | ||||||||||||||
| Known for | First openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship | ||||||||||||||
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In 2021 and 2022, she became part of the public debate about transgender women in sports because some people think Thomas should have competed in the men's sporting events.[3][4] That is because, born as a man, she still has much of a man's bone and muscle strength. In other words, her competition against born females was not a fair contest.
References
- ↑ Perspective | Lia Thomas's swimming is getting swamped in others' fears. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/03/17/lia-thomas-ncaa-swimming-championships/. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ↑ Sanchez, Robert (2022-03-03). "'I Am Lia': The Trans Swimmer Dividing America Tells Her Story". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ↑ Witz, Billy (January 24, 2022). "As Lia Thomas Swims, Debate About Transgender Athletes Swirls" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/sports/lia-thomas-transgender-swimmer.html. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- ↑ Ingle, Sean (December 13, 2021). "Sport's trans issue is here to stay. But at last, the debate is starting to change". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2021/dec/13/swimming-trans-debate-starting-to-change. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
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