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Mar 18, 2022 · Sports. Swimmer Lia Thomas beat 2 Olympic medalists amid protests to make history as the first trans athlete to win an NCAA title. Will Martin and Meredith Cash. Mar 18, 2022, 6:38 AM PDT....
Feb 10, 2022 · 300+ NCAA, Team USA & Olympic Swimmers: We Support Lia and All Trans & Nonbinary Athletes. February 10, 2022 (New York, NY) — Today, Athlete Ally and Schuyler Bailar, the first openly transgender NCAA Division I swimmer, sent a letter to the NCAA from 300+ current and former NCAA, Team USA and Olympic swimmers in support of transgender ...
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Mar 15, 2024 · The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Atlanta, represents 16 plaintiffs who competed in various college sports, including Riley Gaines, the former University of Kentucky swimmer who turned her antipathy for trans swimmer Lia Thomas into a burgeoning career in conservative politics.
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Mar 17, 2022 · University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title after finishing first in the women’s 500-yard freestyle event Thursday...
May 15, 2024 · In March 2022, she made history as the first openly transgender woman to win a U.S. National College Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I title in any sport when she secured the fastest...
Lia Catherine Thomas (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.
Mar 17, 2022 · Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas became the first known transgender athlete to capture a Division I national title by winning the 500 free at the NCAA women's swimming championships in Atlanta on ...
