First openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship
Sports career
Height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle sprint Distance
College team
University of Pennsylvania
Lia Catherine Thomas[2] (born May 1999) is an American swimmer. She is the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, having won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in 2022.[3] During her swimming career, Thomas has been part of the public debate about transgender women in women's sports.[4][5][6]
^Jenkins, Sally. "Lia Thomas's Swimming Is Getting Swamped in Others' Fears". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
^Sanchez, Robert (March 3, 2022). "'I Am Lia': The Trans Swimmer Dividing America Tells Her Story". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^"Lia Thomas says she transitioned to be happy, not to win swimming titles". The Guardian. May 31, 2022. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
^Witz, Billy (January 24, 2022). "As Lia Thomas Swims, Debate About Transgender Athletes Swirls". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference Levenson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Ingle, Sean (December 13, 2021). "Sport's trans issue is here to stay. But at last, the debate is starting to change". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
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the broader LGBT community". In 2022, Jenner said that trans swimmer LiaThomas was not the "rightful winner" of the NCAA Division I women's 500-yard...
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swimmer Riley Gaines is told to simply not look at transgender colleague LiaThomas' genitals". Sportskeeda. ""Women's tennis is not for failed male athletes":...
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University." They expressed support for fellow trans Division I swimmer LiaThomas during the public debate her success sparked. Outside of diving, Brooks...
not men pretending to be women", in reference to transgender swimmer LiaThomas. On December 8, 2022, Hartzler broke into tears as she called on her colleagues...
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