Won the gold medal in the women's 66 kg (welterweight) boxing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Following Khelif's victory over Italy's Angela Carini during the 2024 Olympic Games, misinformation surfaced on social media about her gender and eligibility to compete

False claims that Khelif is male were fueled by Khelif's disqualification from the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships, organised by the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) after she allegedly failed unspecified gender eligibility tests

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its Paris Boxing Unit stated Khelif was eligible to compete in the Olympics and criticized the IBA's previous disqualification as "sudden and arbitrary" and taken "without any due process"

Born female, and no medical evidence that she has XY chromosomes or elevated levels of testosterone has been published

Her father initially did not allow her to participate in the sport because "he did not approve of boxing for girls"