Cece Telfer
CeCé Telfer is a Jamaican-American athlete who, in June 2019, became the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title. Telfer became a NCAA National Champion in the 400- meter hurdles event which put her on the trajectory of becoming a U.S. Olympic hopeful for the Tokyo Olympics 2021.
First openly transgender person to win an NCAA title
CeCé Telfer is a Jamaican-American athlete who, in June 2019, became the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title. Telfer became a NCAA National Champion in the 400- meter hurdles event which put her on the trajectory of becoming a U.S. Olympic hopeful for the Tokyo Olympics 2021. Telfer gained wide public recognition after Donald Trump Jr. quoted an article title referring to Telfer as a “biological male,” calling her recent competition wins a “grave injustice” against “young women.” Telfer also competes in the 60M, 100M and 200M. In June 2021, Telfer qualified for the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials | Track & Field in the 100M & 400-meter hurdles. Following her victory in the 400-meter hurdles, Telfer appeared on ESPN’s Outside the Lines on June 13, 2019. CeCe has appeared on multiple national media outlets and campaigns capturing global attention in Olympic sports, the LGBTQ community, along with world-renowned professional athletes and Olympians
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CeCé Telfer was barred from competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics as a trans woman athleteTrack and field is "the only thing that’s made me feel free," Telfer told Yahoo Entertainment.
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Track Star CeCé Telfer Says She’s Trying to “Heal” From the Pain of Trans Sports BansTelfer opens up about her upcoming memoir Make It Count and her struggle to keep competing after the World Athletics ban.
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CeCé Telfer chronicles her journey in upcoming autobiographyThe NCAA’s first out trans individual champ seeks to bring hope in telling her life story.
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Protecting Women’s Sports Means Protecting Trans Women AthletesIn Money, Power Respect: How Women In Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism, journalist Macaela MacKenzie takes a look at how sports shape culture and why the fight for…
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Trans All-American CeCé Telfer Featured In Women’s Sports Equality Campaign"I felt like I was seen by my competitors," CeCé Telfer tells PEOPLE, as she joins Michelob ULTRA's "Save It, See It" campaign for gender equity in sports
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Transgender Runner CeCé Telfer Felt ‘Seen’ by Other Athletes After Olympic Trials Ineligibility"I felt like I was seen by my competitors," CeCé Telfer tells PEOPLE, as she joins Michelob ULTRA's "Save It, See It" campaign for gender equity in sports
