Zdeněk Koubek
Zdeněk Koubek in 1936 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 December 1913 Paskov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 June 1986 (aged 72) Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running, high jump, long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | VS Brno VS Praha | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zdeněk Koubek (born Zdena "Zdeňka" Koubková, 8 December 1913 – 12 June 1986) was a track athlete from Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the 1934 Women's World Games and several national titles in the 100–800 m running, long jump and high jump, and set a few world records in running events which were later revoked. Born intersex, with contradictory reports of his specific condition, he was raised as a girl. Koubek came out as a man when he retired from athletics in 1935 and later had gender-affirming surgery. Koubek had one of the earliest recorded gender transitions in athletics at the international level.