EXCLUSIVE: Trans skateboarder, 29, who beat 13-year-old girl to first prize in women’s competition is a divorced, ex-Navy father-of-three who was REJECTED from Olympic qualifiers for having too much testosterone
- Ricci Tres, also known as Ricci And Tres, was born Richard Batres to Guatemalan parents; she now lives in LA
- On Saturday, she beat 13-year-old Shiloh Catori to win first place at The Boardr street skating event in NYC
- Tres served four years in the US Navy and fathered three children with his ex-wife before starting hormones
- She tried to enter the Women’s Street USA Skateboarding National Championships last year but was denied
- The IOC rules stipulated that she had still had too much testosterone even after taking hormones
- Ricci thinks she should be allowed to compete in the Olympics as a woman despite the hormone discrepancy
- She said in an interview last year that forcing trans athletes to medically alter their bodies was asking them to ‘mutilate themselves’
The transgender skateboarder, 29, who claimed first prize in a New York City women’s competition this weekend, defeating her 13-year-old and 10-year-old competitors, is a divorced, ex-Navy father-of-three who was rejected from the women’s Olympic qualifiers last year because her testosterone levels were too high.
Ricci And Tres, 29, beat 13-year-old Shiloh Catori to claim first prize at The Boardr street skating contest at the Lower East Side Coleman skatepark in New York City on Saturday, taking home $500.
The competition was open to all ages and abilities, but its heats and finals were segregated by gender.
