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Trans Athlete Stripped of 'World's Strongest Woman' Title
Jammie Booker was disqualified for violating rules requiring athletes to compete in their birth sex category, leading to Andrea Thompson's promotion to champion, officials said.
- On Nov. 23, Jammie Booker was crowned World's Strongest Woman at the Official Strongman Games World Championships 2025 in Arlington, Texas, but organisers later stripped her of the title and removed the win from results.
- Under the event's rules, Official Strongman said Booker, biologically male, violated competition rules requiring athletes to compete by sex recorded at birth, and owner Colton Cross said Booker misrepresented key information.
- A years-old YouTube video attributed to Booker identified the narrator as a trans woman, while Strongman Archives showed Booker competed in just two women's events and commentators noted her size at about 6ft 5in and 400lbs.
- Officials adjusted placings by promoting Allira-Joy Cowley to second, Iron Ape removed Booker from its roster, and organisers said they could not contact Booker as the Texas attorney general investigates.
- Amid wider debate, Andrea Thompson wrote the momentous occasion was overshadowed by scandal and dishonesty, while figures warned it harms trust in women's sport amid Republican Party actions on transgender athletes.
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Jammie Booker, a "transfrau" (i.e. a biological man), won the weekend contest for the "World"s Strongest Woman" title at the Official Strongman Games World Championship in Arlington, Texas. Participants felt cheated – and received loud support from the public. The organisers drew conclusions: Booker was withdrawn from the title. Videos of the award ceremony showed how the second-placed – Andrea Thompson – visibly irritated with regard to the win…
Jammie Booker wins the title as "the strongest woman in the world" – but her title is denied because she had not stated that she was biologically still a man at birth.
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