The New Zealander is set to take the stage as the first openly transgender athlete at an Olympic Games, competing in the women's +87kg weightlifting event.
Laurel Hubbard is set to make history when she competes as the first openly transgender athlete at an Olympic Games.
Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competes in the Women's +90kg Final during the weightlifting on day five of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on April 9, 2018, on the Gold Coast, Australia.Born in February 1978, the weightlifter hails from Auckland, New Zealand.
In 2017, the New Zealander competed internationally as Laurel Hubbard for the first time. She took home the gold medal at the Australian International championships in the heaviest women's division, lifting 123kg in the snatch discipline and 145kg in the clean and jerk for a 268kg total. The result was 19kg more than her nearest rival, but well below the 300kg New Zealand junior male record set as a man.
However, she came back to the sporting arena the following year, clinching two gold medals at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa in the women's +87kg category.Hubbard is currently ranked seventh in the IWF's women's +87kg division.Hubbard suffered from a serious arm injury when the bar fell awkwardly behind her at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast.
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