Lia Thomas
American swimmer (born 1999)
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Lia Catherine Thomas 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. Thomas's career has been a part of the public debate about transgender women in women's sports.
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Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas Had No Chance at Olympics, Donna De Varona SaysTransgender swimmer Lia Thomas had no chance to win a legal challenge that would have opened the door for a potential Olympics bid -- and she should instead compete against other trans swimmers ... so..TMZ.com - Published | |
Transgender swimmer can't compete in Olympics after losing legal battleTransgender swimmer Lia Thomas can't compete in the Olympics after she lost her legal battle to have the rules barring her participation overturned.Sky News - Published | |
Transgender swimmer Thomas' legal case over ban dismissedAmerican swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal case against governing body World Aquatics at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.BBC Sport - Published | |
Trans swimmer Thomas in legal challenge against banLia Thomas, the first transgender athlete to win the highest US national college title, is taking legal action in a bid to compete again in elite female sport.BBC Sport - Published | |
Swimmer Riley Gaines Testifies in Senate About Lia Thomas, Trans AthletesRiley Gaines is taking her fight to keep transgender women out of women's sports to our nation's capital ... testifying for a Senatorial hearing about her encounters with lightning rod athlete Lia..TMZ.com - Published | |
Lia Thomas Says Her Critics Using 'Feminism' Claims To Hide TransphobiaLia Thomas -- the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I championship -- is firing back at her critics ... saying a lot of them are simply transphobes who are "using the guise of feminism"..TMZ.com - Published | |
Caitlyn Jenner Backs Trans Golfer Hailey Davidson In Fight To Make LPGA TourUnlike Lia Thomas in the women's swimming pool, Caitlyn Jenner says she's throwing her support behind a trans golfer in her fight to make the LPGA Tour -- claiming "golf is a totally different game."..TMZ.com - Published | |
UPenn Nominates Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas For NCAA Woman Of The Year AwardLia Thomas, the openly transgender NCAA championship swimmer has been nominated by the University of Pennsylvania for one of the most prestigious awards in college athletics ... NCAA Women of the Year...TMZ.com - Published | |
World Swimming Org Bans Trans Women Athletes That Are Past Puberty AgeLia Thomas' participation in women's swimming has reached a breaking point -- because the world's governing body for the sport has weighed in ... and their ruling is against her. FINA -- French for the..TMZ.com - Published | |
Lia Thomas: Transgender athletes 'not a threat' to women's sportTransgender athletes "are not a threat" to women's sport, says American swimmer Lia Thomas.BBC Sport - Published Also reported by •TMZ.com | |
Joe Rogan Says Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas' Participation Is 'Assault On Women's Sports'Joe Rogan says transgender swimmer Lia Thomas competing in college athletics against cisgender women amounts to an "assault on women's sports," and believes it could be "the woke straw that broke..TMZ.com - Published | |
Lia Thomas: Florida governor Ron DeSantis refuses to recognise Thomas winFlorida governor Ron DeSantis signs a proclamation recognising runner-up Emma Weyant as the winner of the highest US national college swimming title.BBC Sport - Published | |
Lia Thomas: Rival critical of rules allowing transgender athlete to competeHungary's Reka Gyorgy accuses the NCAA of denying her of a "spot in the final" of its swimming championships after allowing transgender Lia Thomas to compete.BBC Sport - Published | |
