Sex-change vaulter takes the big leap
Cranberra Times (http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/sport/sexchange-vaulter-takes-the-big-leap/1366248.aspx)
JACQUELIN MAGNAY
11/21/2008
A YEAR ago, Germany's top pole vaulter, Yvonne Buschbaum, spoke candidly of how she felt trapped within a man's body and felt driven to do something about it.
"I feel as if I am a man and have to live my life in the body of a woman," Buschbaum said. "I am aware of the fact that transsexuality is a fringe issue, and I do not want to be responsible for it remaining on the fringe."