{"id":140489,"date":"2021-10-02T06:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T06:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=140489"},"modified":"2021-10-02T06:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T06:29:01","slug":"transgender-athlete-laurel-hubbard-named-sportswoman-of-the-year-in-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/transgender-athlete-laurel-hubbard-named-sportswoman-of-the-year-in-nz\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard named sportswoman of the year in NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Controversial transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is named sportswoman of the year in New Zealand<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Transgender weightlifter Laurel\u00a0Hubbard named sportswoman\u00a0of the year 2021<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Awarded title by University of Otago, New Zealand earlier this week on Tuesday<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Follows here appearance as first transgender woman to compete at Olympics\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Qualified for the 87+ kg women&#8217;s\u00a0weightlifting but failed to make successful\u00a0lift\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>She thanked the IOC for their commitment\u00a0to make sports inclusive\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been named sportswoman of the year by the\u00a0University of Otago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was awarded this title by the university based in Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand at the Blues awards on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>She is the first transgender winner of the award in its 113 year history celebrating sporting greatness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/02\/06\/48667105-10051629-image-a-62_1633152705507.jpg\" height=\"864\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard (pictured) has been named sportwoman of the year by New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0University of Otago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/02\/06\/48667107-10051629-image-a-63_1633152710111.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She is believed to be the first transgender person to win the award in its 133-year history\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hubbard, 43, became the first openly transgender woman to compete in a solo event at the Olympics when she qualified for the women&#8217;s 87+ kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympic Games earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Queenstown athlete failed to make a successful lift in the snatch and was eliminated from the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hubbard said she was &#8216;grateful for all<span> of the support and kindness received from the teaching staff and students at Otago University&#8217; in a statement to the Otago Daily Times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is not possible for athletes to complete at the Olympic level without the encouragement and aroha of friends, family and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This award belongs to everyone who has been part of my Olympic journey.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/02\/06\/48667423-10051629-Ms_Hubbard_competed_at_the_Tokyo_Olympics_earlier_this_year_in_t-m-66_1633152954667.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Hubbard competed at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year in the 87+ kg womens&#8217; weightlifting\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hubbard, who transitioned in 2012, qualified for the Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee changed their rules to allow women to compete if their testosterone levels are below a certain threshold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She released a statement after qualifying for the Games through the IOC thanking them for their inclusivity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I see the Olympic Games as a global celebration of our hopes, ideals and values and I would like to thank the IOC for its commitment to making sport inclusive and accessible,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hubbard, the daughter of former Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard, competed for New Zealand as a 20-year-old junior male athlete before she transitioned nine years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/02\/06\/48667425-10051629-image-a-67_1633152982676.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She qualified for the Olympics after the IOC changed their rules to allow transgender women to compete if their testosterone levels were below a certain threshold\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/02\/06\/48667427-10051629-image-a-65_1633152717446.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>While the Queenstown athletes failed to win a medal, she thanked the IOC for its commitment to making sport inclusive\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said she had taken up weightlifting as a boy to appear more masculine before the pressure of living as a man became too much for her.<\/p>\n<p>She took a 16-year hiatus from the sport, stunning the world in 2017 when she returned,\u00a0winning two World Championship silver medals in the 90kg class in California in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not here to change the world,&#8217; she said after the victory. &#8216;I just want to be me and do what I do.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10051629\/Transgender-weightlifter-Laurel-Hubbard-named-sportswoman-year-New-Zealand-university.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Controversial transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is 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