4 ATHLETES OF FAMOUS INTERSEKS

Intersex in sports has generated great controversy. In particular, those who compete as women are often seen as having an advantage in strength, stamina, speed, or size. Often, these people have been publicly humiliated and described as freaks and even fraudulent and physical examination targets that violate their personal privacy and dignity.

1. Edinanci Silva

Edinanci Fernandes da Silva, a Brazilian judoka (female judo wrestler), was born with both sex organs of men and women. He underwent surgery in the mid-1990s to officially compete as a woman and represent Brazil at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He did not win a medal in 1996, but he won a bronze medal the following year.

2. Zdenka Koubkova



In 1934, Zdenka Koubkova, a runner and athlete from Czechoslovakia became the subject of rumors when he refused to participate in a medical examination that was part of a scientific study of athletic effects on a female body. In 1935, it was revealed that he had undergone sex change surgery and became a man, although it might have to follow the draft. He also visited America and appeared in cabaret because of his condition.

3. Dora Ratjen



Dora Ratjen is the center of one of the greatest sports scandals in history. At birth, the midwife announced, "It's a boy." But she quickly changed her mind and said, "It turns out she's a girl." When Ratjen had pneumonia in the next few months, her father asked the doctor to examine her daughter's genitals. The doctor told him, "Let it be you will not be able to do anything".

4. Erika / Erik Schinegger



Erika Schinegger experiences gender confusion as a child, but she does not know that she is a woman with a male-like body. Until after he won the gold medal for skiing. Schinegger won the match at the Alpine Downhill Skiing Championships in Portillo, Chile, in 1966.