Jammie Booker Disqualified from Women's Strongman Title

Jammie Booker, a 28-year-old athlete from Philadelphia, was stripped of her title as the 2025 World's Strongest Woman on Tuesday after organizers determined she had competed in the women's category despite being biologically male. The decision came days after Booker won the Women's Open division at the Official Strongman Games World Championships in Arlington, Texas, over the weekend.

Organizers from the Official Strongman Games stated they were unaware of Booker's biological sex prior to the event and launched an investigation upon learning of it. The information surfaced early Monday when explicit images and videos, apparently from an adult entertainment website, were circulated to competitors, raising questions about her eligibility. "It appears that an athlete who is biologically male and now identifies as female competed in the Women's Open category," the organization said in a statement. "We are clear: competitors can only compete in the category for the biological sex recorded at birth."

The rules emphasize fairness by assigning athletes to men's or women's divisions based on their sex at birth, a policy the organizers described as essential to the integrity of the...