Luca Aiko Kumahara (formerly Caroline Aiko Kumahara, born July 27, 1995, in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, São Paulo) is a table tennis player from Brazil. He competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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,
2016 Summer Olympics
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and
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
.
He is the first trans athlete to compete at an international level.
Personal life
Luca is a trans man.
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Living people
1995 births
Sportspeople from São Paulo
Brazilian male table tennis players
Brazilian people of Japanese descent
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for Brazil
Table tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Table tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Brazilian LGBT sportspeople
Brazilian transgender people
Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Brazilian LGBT people
Transgender sportsmen
LGBT table tennis players
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