Trans swimmer banned from World Athletics and stripped of recent results after refusing sex test

Masters swimmer Wendy Enderle explains how she unknowingly faced a transgender competitor on 'The Evening Edit.'

A transgender swimmer who was at the center of a national controversy earlier this year has been banned from World Aquatics until 2030 and stripped of all competitive results from June 2022 to October 2024 after refusing to take a sex verification test. 

Ana Caldas was listed on the Aquatics Integrity Unit's suspended persons list this week for violating articles in the World Aquatics integrity code related to providing false information and defining the criteria for men's and women's competition categories. 

World Aquatics changed its gender eligibility policy in 2022, limiting the participation of transgender women in the women's category to those who transitioned before the age of 12 or before they reached Tanner Stage 2 of puberty. 

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General view during the World Aquatics Men's Water Polo World Cup Division2 Qualifier Final Match Romania v China at Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europa-Sportpark (SSE) on May 7, 2023, in Berlin, Germany.  (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Caldas drew national scrutiny in May after winning five gold medals at a U.S. Masters Swimming event in San Antonio, Texas, prompting outcry from some of Caldas' opponents. Caldas dominated in the women's age 45-49 category in five races, including the 50- and 100-yard breaststroke, the freestyle and the 100-yard individual medley. 

Louisiana woman and long-time swimmer Wendy Enderle, who competed against Caldas at that event and previous ones, said she felt "betrayed" because she had never been made aware of Caldas' birth sex. 

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