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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Five athletes who had their gender questioned - can you tell?

Five athletes who had their gender questioned - can you tell?




The story that Beijing will have gender testing at the Olympics received media attention around the world, with many people asking if it is really necessary. The Guardian looked into five athletes who had their gender questions at a sporting competition.

The article does note: “Transsexuals, who have had a sex change from male to female, can compete in women’s events in the Olympics, as long they wait two years after the operation.”

Santhi Soundarajan


Gender test: fail


Edinanci Silva



Gender test: pass

Born with both male and female sex organs, underwent surgery to become a woman.

Dora Ratjen



Gender test: fail

Forced by the Nazis to enter the Olympics as a woman.


Stella Walsh



Gender test: ?

“The postmortem revealed she had male genitalia, although this did not prove that she was a man as she was also found to have both male and female chromosomes, a genetic condition known as mosaicism.”


Heidi Krieger



Gender test: Born female, forced to use steroids and later had gender reassignment surgery.

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