Transgender swimmer Ana Caldas (Photo via Google)

Transgender swimmer Ana Caldas just received the worst news of her life after receiving a five-year ban by the sport’s governing body for refusing to take a gender verification test.

In May, the trans swimmer was on cloud nine after she obliterated the competition while winning five races at a recent national championship meet. Caldas dominated the five individual events she entered in the women’s 45-49 age group division in the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas.

Long-time swimmer Wendy Enderle, who competed against Caldas at that event as well as many other ones, said that she felt completely “betrayed” because she was never made aware of Caldas’ sex.

Now, that smile has turned into a frown.

This week, Caldas was listed on the Aquatics Integrity Unit’s suspended persons list for violating articles in the World Aquatics integrity code after providing false information and defining the criteria for men’s and women’s competition categories.

Caldas, who triggered an investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton into US Masters Swimming, competed at the 2024 Masters World Championships in the senior women’s category.

Transgender Swimmer Ana Caldas Gets Banned

Ana Caldas has been banned for five years after refusing to undergo a gender-verification test.

The 48-year-old refused to undergo gender verification screening as part of World Aquatics’ investigation into her eligibility.

Her refusal has now cost her everything.

In August, the US Masters Swimming concluded that Caldas is eligible to compete in the women’s category following a review, claiming that ‘the documents the swimmer submitted all demonstrate that she was assigned the female sex at birth and that she identifies as female, although she swam in the male category at USMS events 2002-2004.’

World Aquatics did not agree and subsequently announced that Ana Caldas would be suspended until October 2030. Her results from the last three years of competition have also been disqualified after she declined to undergo a sex verification test.

Following the decision, swimmer and biological female, Wendy Enderle, provided a statement to Fox News Digital.

“I applaud World Aquatics for their decision to uphold fairness and integrity in competitive swimming. I feel vindicated and validated, not only for myself, but for all girls and women who have been forced to compete against men masquerading as women in our sports,” Enderle said.

“Getting to stand on the podium at Masters World Championships in any position is a big deal! I feel for the women who were denied that opportunity by Ana/Hannah/Hugo in 2024 when he stood on three podiums in Doha. I am glad that the women who lost that opportunity will be given their rightful places and awards.”

Caldas is not the first transgender swimmer to cause havoc in the sport.

Lia Thomas, the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer, ignited a national debate on transgender athletes in women’s sports.

She has also gone back and forth with Riley Gaines and Donald Trump.