Zdeněk Koubek

Zdeněk Koubek
Zdeněk Koubek in 1936
Personal information
Born(1913-12-08)8 December 1913
Paskov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Died12 June 1986(1986-06-12) (aged 72)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Sport
SportRunning, high jump, long jump
ClubVS Brno
VS Praha
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Women's World Games
1934 London800 m
1934 LondonLong jump

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.