Veronica Ivy (born 1982), formerly Rachel McKinnon, is a Canadian competitive cyclist and transgender rights activist.

[3] Ivy has written articles on transgender and intersex issues for outlets including NBC News,[9] Vice,[10] and Newsweek.

[16] American cyclist Jennifer Wagner, who finished third (bronze), said Ivy's birth sex gave her physiological advantages.

[19] British columnist Katie Hopkins wrote that the decision to allow Ivy to compete was evidence that "the world is gripped by a febrile madness".

[20] Tennis player Martina Navratilova said that allowing people born male to compete in women's sports was "insane" and "cheating".

[22] Ivy cited one of the fundamental rules of the International Olympic Committee that the practice of sport is a human right.

[24] In response, she received a number of death threats, and was targeted on Twitter by Donald Trump Jr.[25] In December 2019, she wrote an op-ed in The New York Times about this experience.