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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. | 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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Revision as of 13:34, 23 January 2018
Country
New Zealand
Birth - Death
1978 -
Occupation
Sports
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.
See Also
Further Reading/Research
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weightlifting-worlds-lasha/weightlifting-new-zealand-transgender-wins-medal-talakhadze-breaks-records-idUSKBN1E00AC
- http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/health/transgender-weightlifter-controversy-trnd/index.html
- https://www.outsports.com/2017/12/5/16740048/laurel-hubbard-trans-weightlift-medal
