Laurel Hubbard (Trans Weightlifter) Surgery, Before and After, Transition, Wiki, Age, Family, Injury, Reddit, Height, Nationality, Birth Name

Laurel Hubbard Biography – Laurel Hubbard Wiki

Laurel Hubbard (birth name Gavin Hubbard) is a New Zealand transgender weightlifter. Competing before her gender transition under the name Gavin Hubbard, Hubbard set New Zealand junior records in 1998 in the newly established M105+ division with snatch 135 kg, clean & jerk 170 kg, total 300 kg. Those records were later surpassed by David Liti. In 2012 she was appointed to the position of Executive Officer for Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand. Subsequently, she transitioned to female and became Laurel Hubbard.

At the 2017 Australian International & Australian Open in Melbourne, she competed at the heaviest 90 kg+ category, winning the gold medal with a 123 kg snatch and 145 kg clean & jerk, for a total of 268 kg at a bodyweight of 131.83 kg. She thus became the first trans woman to win an international weightlifting title for New Zealand. Although she met eligibility requirements to compete, her win sparked controversy, with some other competitors claiming the competition was unfair. Athletes that were critical of the decision to allow her to compete include Iuniarra Sipaia, Toafitu Perive, Deborah Acason, and Tracey Lambrechs. Australian Weightlifting Federation’s chief executive, Michael Keelan, said it was unfair to other competitors.

Hubbard qualified for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but an elbow injury during the competition forced her withdrawal from the event while leading the field. She won two gold medals at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa. The decision to allow her to compete was subsequently criticized by the Samoa 2019 chairman, Loau Solamalemalo Keneti Sio, and Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women’s +87 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.

Laurel Hubbard Surgery

Has Laurel Hubbard had surgery? She lived as a male for 35 years, transitioning to female in 2012. Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics. The transgender weightlifter was effectively guaranteed a place in the women’s super heavyweight category at the Tokyo Olympics. An International Weightlifting Federation insider confirmed to the Guardian that she would automatically qualify because of amended rules approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Under IOC guidelines, issued in November 2015, athletes who transition from male to female can compete in the women’s category without requiring surgery to remove their testes provided their total testosterone level in serum is kept below 10 nanomoles per litre for at least 12 months – a rule followed by the IWF.

However, a number of scientific papers have recently shown people who have undergone male puberty retain significant advantages in power and strength even after taking medication to suppress their testosterone levels.

In 2017, Hubbard said in an interview after finishing second in the world championships: “The rules that enabled me to compete first went into effect in 2003. They are known as the Stockholm consensus with the IOC but I think even 10 years ago the world perhaps wasn’t ready for an athlete like myself – and perhaps it is not ready now. But I got the sense at least that people were willing to consider me for these competitions and it seemed like the right time to put the boots on and hit the platform.”

Laurel Hubbard Before Transition – Laurel Hubbard Before and After

Laurel Hubbard Age

She was born in 1978 in New Zealand.

Laurel Hubbard Parents

She is the daughter of Dick Hubbard a former Mayor of Auckland City and the founder of Hubbard Foods, and her mother Diana Reader.

Laurel Hubbard Nationality

She hails from New Zealand therefore is a national of the same country.

Laurel Hubbard Height/ Weight

She stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 meters) tall and weighs over 90 kilograms.