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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Transgender weight lifter.  First transgender weightlifter to win a world championship silver medal, inishing second in the snatch category and fourth in the clean and jerk, with a combined score good enough for second overall, in the 2017 World Championships. She is in the 90+ kg weight class.  First New Zealand athlete to win a weightlifing medal at the World Championships.  Former Executive Officer for Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand.  Formerly known as Gavin Hubbard.   
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Transgender weight lifter.  Competed in the 2021 Olympic Games, marking the first time a transgender individual competed in an international weightlifting competition.  First transgender weightlifter to win a world championship silver medal, finishing second in the snatch category and fourth in the clean and jerk, with a combined score good enough for second overall, in the 2017 World Championships. She is in the 90+ kg weight class.  First New Zealand athlete to win a weightlifing medal at the World Championships.  Former Executive Officer for Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand.  Formerly known as Gavin Hubbard.   
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* [[Transgender Athletes]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 14:27, 3 August 2021

Laurel Hubbard

Country

New Zealand

Birth - Death

1978 -

Occupation

Sports

Description

Transgender weight lifter. Competed in the 2021 Olympic Games, marking the first time a transgender individual competed in an international weightlifting competition. First transgender weightlifter to win a world championship silver medal, finishing second in the snatch category and fourth in the clean and jerk, with a combined score good enough for second overall, in the 2017 World Championships. She is in the 90+ kg weight class. First New Zealand athlete to win a weightlifing medal at the World Championships. Former Executive Officer for Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand. Formerly known as Gavin Hubbard.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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