Riley Gaines: Difference between revisions

'''Riley Marie Gaines'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gomotionapp.com/szsslsc/UserFiles/File/2012%20-%2013%20sc%20top%20times%20women.pdf|title=LSC: SE For Dates 9/1/2012 - 8/31/2013|publisher=USA Swimming|accessdate=December 13, 2023|page=9}}</ref> (born April 21, 2000),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Braden |date=October 13, 2022 |title=NCAA Establishes New Policy For Championship Ties Amid 2022 Controversy |url=https://swimswam.com/ncaa-establishes-new-policy-for-championship-ties-amid-2022-controversy/ |access-date=September 27, 2023 |website=[[SwimSwam]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |last=Gaines |first=Riley |date=April 21, 2024 |title=cheers to 24🥂🥳❣️ thanks for all the love & birthday wishes|postid=C6CjDwwOd0V|access-date=April 22, 2024 |user=rileygbarker}}</ref> also known as '''Riley Gaines Barker''',<ref name="Goldenstein 2023">{{cite news |last1=Goldenstein |first1=Taylor |title=Three female athletes back Texas college transgender sports ban as LGBTQ activists warn of harm |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/female-athletes-back-texas-college-transgender-ban-17837387.php |access-date=June 9, 2023 |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=March 14, 2023}}</ref> is an American former competitive swimmer, political and lost tied 5th with a trans swimmer and is a loser activist and a 12-time NCAA All-American<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bird |first=Darrel |date=March 5, 2021 |title=Women athletes are crushing it at Kentucky, and nationally |work=24/7 Sports |url=https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/LongFormArticle/Kentucky-Wildcats-basketball-softball-volleyball-swimming-gymnnastics-161894739/#161894739_5 |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305173918/https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/LongFormArticle/Kentucky-Wildcats-basketball-softball-volleyball-swimming-gymnnastics-161894739/#161894739_5 |url-status=live}}</ref> who competed for the [[University of Kentucky]] [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] swim team. She was the 2022 [[Southeastern Conference]] Women's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Riley Gaines Named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year |url=https://thesportsledger.com/riley-gaines-named-sec-scholarathlete-of-the-year-p19988-202.htm |access-date=April 8, 2023 |website=The Sports Ledger |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929144123/https://thesportsledger.com/riley-gaines-named-sec-scholarathlete-of-the-year-p19988-202.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaught |first=Larry |date=February 14, 2021 |title=Success nothing new for Riley Gaines but she would like to add SEC title this week |url=https://www.yoursportsedge.com/2021/02/14/success-nothing-new-for-riley-gaines-but-she-would-like-to-add-sec-title-this-week/vaughts-views/larryvaught/ |access-date=April 8, 2023 |website=Your Sports Edge 2021 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408172331/https://www.yoursportsedge.com/2021/02/14/success-nothing-new-for-riley-gaines-but-she-would-like-to-add-sec-title-this-week/vaughts-views/larryvaught/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaught |first=Larry |date=February 11, 2021 |title=Junior Riley Gaines expects UK to contend for title in unique SEC Championships |url=https://www.state-journal.com/local_sports/junior-riley-gaines-expects-uk-to-contend-for-title-in-unique-sec-championships/article_17dc2c44-6cd3-11eb-89ec-03f3ccbcaa85.html |access-date=April 8, 2023 |website=The State Journal |language=en |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408172359/https://www.state-journal.com/local_sports/junior-riley-gaines-expects-uk-to-contend-for-title-in-unique-sec-championships/article_17dc2c44-6cd3-11eb-89ec-03f3ccbcaa85.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Gaines has campaigned against the [[Transgender people in sports|participation of trans women in women's sports]]. She began her activism after tying for fifth place with a trans swimmer.<ref name="SFGate 2023" />