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Riley Gaines

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The Resume

    (April 22, 2000- )
    Born in Gallatin , Tennessee
    Swimmer for the University of Kentucky NCAA swim team
    Tied for fifth place with Trans swimmer Lia Thomas at the NCAAs (2022)
    Became an activist against allowing trans women to compete in women's sports

Why she might be annoying:

    She is better known for her activism than her athletic achievements,
    She is obsessed with speaking against LGBT issues, even ones that don't involve trans women in sports.
    She was offended when Target started selling Pride nutcrackers and Black handicap Santa dolls during the holidays.
    She called Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, a cis-gendered woman with polycystic ovary syndrome (a condition that produces excess levels of male hormones, often resulting in facial hair), 'a man pretending to be a woman.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She speaks her mind.
    After tying with Lia Thomas, she ended up walking away with no trophy.
    She was the 2022 Southeastern Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
    She was physically struck twice during a protest at San Francisco State University (2023).

Credit: Jack Magic


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying