Who is Glenique Frank transgender London Marathon 2023 runner: Bio, age, gender, time

Who is Glenique Frank transgender London Marathon 2023 runner: Bio, age, gender, time

Transgender runner Glenique Frank has been sparking headlines after allegedly using the term โ€œgirl powerโ€ to describe her win over 14k women in London Marathon 2023, find out more below about his age and gender

Following the race, Two-time Olympian Mara Yamauchi reacted furiously about the transgender runner being allowed to compete in the female category.

Who is Glenique Frank transgender London Marathon 2023 runner: Bio, age, gender, time record

Yamauchi was clearly not happy to learn about the runner who boasted about utilizing โ€˜girl powerโ€™ to complete the race on Sunday, April 23.

โ€œWrong and unfairโ€

Yamauchi challenged the rules that allowed a transgender runner to win over 14,000 other women participants in the female section. Yamauchi noted how the UK Athletics applied the World Athleticsโ€™ regulations regarding the exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions back in the end of March. The decision was done to make it:

Fair for athletes who have gone through male puberty to be excluded from the female category in athleticsโ€

However, athletes who had previously registered before the decision where reportedly allowed to continue competing in the divisions they registered for even if it meant that it didnโ€™t correspond to their biological sex.

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Yamauchi stated about Frank staying:

This male competed under UK Athleticsโ€™ transitional arrangements, but it is still wrong and unfairโ€

Meanwhile, other female athletes like Lia Thomas stated: โ€˜Disingenuous and disgustingโ€™, to people saying feminists push โ€˜transphobic beliefsโ€™

Another swimmer Riley Gaines claims that USWMNT player Megan Rapinoe ‘would genuinely shiv’ at any trans athlete if they took her spot on the team.

Glenique Frank

Glenique Frank is a 54-year-old transgender runner and personal trainer who competed in the recently concluded London Marathon under the female section despite being born a male. Frank reportedly came out three years ago as Glenique, which is a combination of Glen and โ€œuniqueโ€.

Frank sparked controversy after slowing down mid-race and sharing with the BBC about her happiness on completing her seventeenth marathon. While speaking, Glenique flexed her biceps over armbands and said, “Girl power!”. The runner then closed the conversation by sharing about about how her “beautiful son” is having a child. She stated ecstatically:

So I’m going to be a gran – Granny G!โ€

โ€˜Males in the [female] category is UNFAIR for femalesโ€™

Mara Yamauchi, a female runner who ranked sixth in the marathon at the Beijing Summer 2008 Olympics, tweeted:

Males in the [female] category is UNFAIR for femalesโ€.

Yamauchi tweeted this along with a footage of the mid-race interview of the runner wearing a sports bra and gushing about soon becoming “a gran.”

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Yamauchi proudly claimed that despite being โ€œranked second in the worldโ€ as a woman, โ€œat least 1300 men ran faster than meโ€. She argued that โ€œnearly 14,000 actual females suffered a worse finish position [because] ofโ€ Frank.

Frank speaks out about upsetting Mara and other athletes

Following all the negative reactions, Frank made a reply saying:

I feel sad that I’ve upset Mara, because I respect herโ€.

Frank claims that she was shocked about the things that transpiredย  at the event. She claimed that she wasn’t an elite runner who was competing for money or a place on the podium. Instead, she revealed how she used the races to raise around $37,000 for charity.

Frank stated:

I did [the race in] four hours 11 minutes. Thereโ€™s lots of women that beat me.โ€

However, the transgender runner stated that in future events, she will compete under “other” or โ€œmale,โ€ to keep everyone happy. She added:

And I’ll still do it in four hours and I won’t steal anybody’s moneyโ€.

Glenique Frank previously competed as a man in an NYC race

Frank herself claimed that she had previously competed in the male division of marathons. This includes the race in New York back in November. Frank explained how this is because she was compelled to compete using the name and gender given on her passport.

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However, since the same passport rules did not apply for the London Marathon with Frank being a British citizen and residing in the UK, Frank competed in the womenโ€™s category. She stated:

I ticked female because I see myself as female. But I’ve known since I was five that I was in the wrong bodyโ€.

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