Laurel Hubbard

	Laurel Hubbard
Nationality:	New Zealand
Date of birth:	1978
Size:	185 cm
Medal table
World championships

Laurel Hubbard (* 1978 as Gavin Hubbard ) is a New Zealand weightlifter .

life and career

Hubbard was born in 1978 to Dick Hubbard , the entrepreneur and later mayor of Auckland . Hubbard successfully competed in men's competitions. In 2012, Hubbard had sex reassignment surgery and went on to compete in women's competitions. In 2017 she won the silver medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, USA ; previously she had to prove that her testosterone level was below a certain value. 2019 won Hubbard at the Pacific Games in Apia ( Samoa ) the gold medal.

Hubbard's appearance as a woman arouses displeasure among opponents, coaches and spectators who accuse her, as a former man, of having an unfair advantage.

Individual evidence

↑ Transgender lifter Laurel Hubbard picked in the Commonwealth Games team. In: New Zealand Herald website . November 24, 2017, accessed July 20, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Excitement about a too strong New Zealander. In: Website of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 20, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .
↑ Transgender weightlifter makes history by winning two silver medals competing as a woman in the world championships. In: Daily Mail website . December 6, 2017, accessed July 20, 2019 .
↑ Commonwealth Games: Split in Pacific ranks over transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard. In: Australian Broadcasting Corporation website . April 7, 2018, accessed July 20, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hubbard, Laurel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hubbard, Gavin (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH	1978

[1] Transgender lifter Laurel Hubbard picked in the Commonwealth Games team. In: New Zealand Herald website . November 24, 2017, accessed July 20, 2019 .

[FAZ_20._Juli_19-2] Excitement about a too strong New Zealander. In: Website of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 20, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .

[3] Transgender weightlifter makes history by winning two silver medals competing as a woman in the world championships. In: Daily Mail website . December 6, 2017, accessed July 20, 2019 .

[4] Commonwealth Games: Split in Pacific ranks over transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard. In: Australian Broadcasting Corporation website . April 7, 2018, accessed July 20, 2019 .