Difference between revisions of "Laurel Hubbard"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Transgender weight lifter. First transgender weightlifter to win a world championship silver medal, | + | 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== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:27, 3 August 2021
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
- 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
