20 Transgender Athletes Who Conquered the Sports World - Fearless Champions #transgender

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Juniper Simonis is a roller derby athlete who has won multiple World Championships with the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

Wren Pyle won the 2022 USA Skimo National Championship in the women's U23 Sprint.

Jamie Hunter won the 2022 US Women's Snooker Open title.

Victoria Monaghan won the New Zealand Open darts championship in 2022 and is the first out trans woman to compete in the World Championships.

Tiffany Abreu was part of the team that won the 2022 Brazilian Cup in volleyball. She came out several years ago, stating that she wanted to play in the Olympics. However, she was not selected by Brazil to compete in Tokyo.

JayCee Cooper won the women's 2019 national championship for bench press in the super heavyweight division.

Michelle Dumaresq won the right to compete in the women's category two decades ago and won the 2003 Canadian National Championships in downhill mountain biking.

Laurel Hubbard is an Olympic weightlifter who won two Oceania Championships and two Commonwealth Championships, among many other gold medals, adding a World Masters Games title in 2017, where she won a silver in the World Championships.

Veronica Ivy is a two-time masters world champion, notably winning the 2018 UCI World Masters Track Cycling Championships in her age category.

Lana Lawless won the Long Drivers of America competition in 2008, hitting a 254-yard drive against a strong headwind wind in the final round, winning a $12,500 prize.

Valentina Petrillo has won multiple Italian national championships, both before and after transitioning. She had hoped to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics but was barred due to a change in classification.

Natalie Ryan won two major competitions in Professional Disc Golf Association's elite tier in 2022, including the MVP Open.

CeCé Telfer won the Division II NCAA championship in the 400-meter hurdles as a senior at Franklin Pierce University in 2019. She was named Outsports' Female Athlete of the Year that year.

Lia Thomas won a national NCAA Division I title in the 500 freestyle and made it to the final heat of the 100-free and 200-free.

Natalie van Gogh won the Trofee Maarten Wynants in 2015, which is an international competition in Belgium. She finished top-10 in various other national and international competitions.

Kate Weatherly has won two national titles, including the downhill race in the New Zealand national championships in February 2018 and another race title in 2022.

Chelsea Wolfe won a UCI USA BMX Freestyle event in Texas in 2022, shortly after the state advanced anti-trans policy.

Jenna Lingwood won the 40-44 Masters championship at the 2022 USA Cyclocross Nationals in Connecticut.

Tiffany Newell won the women's 45-49 Canadian indoor 5,000-meter race, setting a national record along the way, in 2022.

Sara Stearns won the 70-74 Masters track Sprint National Championship in cycling in the United States in 2022.