Like Caitlyn Jenner, Balian Buschbaum was a famous international athlete before making a transition. This time, though, the transition went the other way. Born Yvonne Buschbaum, in southern Germany, Balian had a long and brilliant beginning as a pole-vaulter, even making it to the Olympic Games and winning the European Junior Championships at the young age of 19.
A persistent injury ended his career in 2007, though. At the same time, Balian realized what was troubling him was more than just an injury. He had gone through life as a female, but it was time to become the person he really was inside. Naming himself Balian, after the main character in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven, he underwent surgery in 2008. His stunning transformation will leave you absolutely speechless.