Zdeněk Koubek

Zdeněk Koubek (born Zdena "Zdeňka" Koubková, 8 December 1913 – 12 June 1986) was a track athlete from Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the 1934 Women's World Games and several national titles in the 100–800 m running, long jump and high jump, and set a few world records in running events which were later revoked. Born intersex, with contradictory reports of his specific condition, he was raised as a girl. and underwent a series of medical examinations. The physicians diagnosed him as an intersex person with prevailing female sexual characteristics. The next year, he underwent genital surgery and officially changed his name to Zdeněk Koubek.