An overview of the childhood and early education of Lia Thomas, highlighting the experiences that shaped the journey.
Lia Thomas is an American swimmer notable for being the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, securing victory in the women's 500-yard freestyle in 2022. Subsequently, she was barred from women's events by World Aquatics. Thomas's athletic career has become central to the ongoing public discussion and debate surrounding the inclusion of transgender women in women's sports.
In May 1999, Lia Catherine Thomas was born. She is an American swimmer and the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship.
In 2017, Lia Thomas began swimming on the men's team at the University of Pennsylvania and recorded the sixth-fastest national men's time in the 1,000-yard freestyle.
In 2017, Lia Thomas started attending the University of Pennsylvania.
In 2018, Lia Thomas continued on the men's swim team at the University of Pennsylvania.
In the summer of 2018, after her freshman year at college, Lia Thomas came out as transgender to her family.
In May 2019, Lia Thomas began transitioning and started hormone replacement therapy.
In 2019, as a sophomore, Lia Thomas finished second in the men's 500, 1,000, and 1,650-yard freestyle at the Ivy League championships while competing on the men's swim team at the University of Pennsylvania.
During the 2019–2020 academic year, Lia Thomas was required to swim for the men's team as a junior while undergoing hormone therapy.
By 2021, Lia Thomas had met the NCAA hormone therapy requirements to swim on the women's team.
The March 2022 NCAA championship was Lia Thomas's last college swimming event.
In a May 2022 interview with Good Morning America, Lia Thomas defended herself from criticism and stated her intention to keep swimming and to compete at the Olympic trials.
In June 2022, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) voted to bar transgender athletes from competing in professional women's swimming, preventing Lia Thomas from competing in the women's competition at the 2024 United States Olympic trials as she had planned.
In 2021–2022, Lia Thomas swam on the women's team after taking a year off school to maintain her eligibility to compete while competitive swimming was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2022, Lia Thomas graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, with plans to attend law school.
In 2022, World Aquatics introduced a gender inclusion policy, stipulating that trans women can compete in the women's category if any male puberty was halted by age 12 or Tanner Stage 2.
In June 2022, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) voted to bar transgender athletes from competing in professional women's swimming, preventing Lia Thomas from competing in the women's competition at the 2024 United States Olympic trials as she had planned.
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