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Date - 22nd Jun 2021

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been selected by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) to compete in the women's 87kg competition. The weightlifter will be the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. The 43-year-old weightlifter competed in the men's weightlifting competition prior to gender reassignment in 2013.

About Laurel Hubbard

Hubbard is a New Zealand weightlifter selected to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics. She will be the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics after a gender reassignment. Prior to gender reassignment, Hubbard set New Zealand junior records in 1998 in the newly created M105 + division in the 135kg snatch, 170kg clean and jerk. However, later these records were surpassed by David Lee. Hubbard turned into a woman and in 2012 became Laurel Hubbard. She won a silver medal at the 2017 World Cup and gold at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa. She also competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but a serious injury prevented her career.

Hubbard has been eligible to compete in the Olympic Games since 2015. The International Olympic Committee issued guidelines allowing any transgender athlete to compete as a woman, provided their testosterone levels are below 10 Nano moles per liter for a minimum of 12 months before entering the first competition.

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