American swimmer Lia Catherine Thomas was born in the unconfirmed years of 1998/1999 in Austin, Texas, United States.
Lia Thomas studied at the University of Pennsylvania and has made public her transgender image.
Born a man but presently a woman, her athletic achievements as a trans woman became a point of media debate during 2021 and 2022.
Thomas initially ranked number 462 as a male swimmer, but now ranks number 1 as a female swimmer.
Thomas, as a sophomore in 2019, finished second in the men's 500, 1,000, and 1,650-yard freestyle at the Ivy League championships.
Lia Thomas had a change of name although she was born William Thomas.
Due to his transgender journey, he changed his name to Lia Catherine Thomas with the middle name “Catherine”, said to be her mother's birth name.
Lia in a recent interview revealed that she started to use her new name Lia Catherine Thomas on New Year's 2020.
Lia Thomas height: What is Lia Thomas height?
Lia Thomas stands tall at a height of 6 feet 1 inch, 185 cm in centimetres and 1.85 m in meters.