Podcasts about athens paralympics

Two decades, a simple team talk and a gold medal.  This weekend the 2004 Wheel Blacks are reuniting to celebrate their feat from 20 years ago at the Athens Paralympics, when they won wheelchair rugby gold.  Coach of the winning side Grant Sharman joined Piney to reminisce about the win and share what he said to the side ahead of the match.  “Enjoy what you're doing. Sorry, process stick to process, but the biggie was have fun, have fun out there. You know, you never know when you're back, and they did.”  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As an Australian sporting legend, Katrina Webb is no stranger to a Gold medal podium or a star-lit stage. She has received awards and medals most athletes only dream about. Despite this success, her journey hasn't always been easy.Born into a family of sporting stars, it was no surprise that a young Katrina Webb was born with natural athleticism. By the age of eighteen, she had already secured a netball scholarship at The Australian Institute of Sport. What she didn't realise at this time was that her sporting career was about to take an unexpected turn.During training at the Institute of Sport, a right sided weakness that Katrina had since birth and for many years she had spent hiding, was labelled Cerebral Palsy. Katrina's ability to pursue netball at a national level was in jeopardy. Despite this, a twist of fate presented a previously unseen opportunity. Katrina was eligible for the Paralympic games. Her weakness had become her greatest strength.Over the years Katrina had tried to conceal her disability, so making the decision to compete at the very public Paralympics was not easy. In time, she realised that through self-acceptance and determination she could tackle her disability head on and that it was her gift. This decision paid off when she won two Gold medals, and a Silver medal in Atlanta 1996 and at Sydney 2000 went on to win a Silver and Bronze medal.While the Sydney Paralympics were successful for Katrina, her competitive spirit still left her with a desire to win Gold again. She knew that to do this she needed to take ‘conscious action' and become a ‘Gold' level performer in every aspect of her life. In the four years between the Sydney and Athens Paralympics, Katrina mastered the alchemy of performance with a clear focus on understanding mindset, and the results speak for themselves. At Athens in 2004 she won another Gold Medal in the 400-metre sprint and set a new Paralympic record.Today, Katrina's running career is in the past, but her passion for helping others perform at their best continues to be her greatest inspiration. Off the track Katrina is the Director of Silver 2 Gold High Performance Solutions which specialises in powering organisations, teams and individuals best. As a professional speaker she has impressed audiences at an International level including speaking at the United Nations and sharing the stage with the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Jack Ma and Usain Bolt.Katrina's TEDx - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV-7jc2bqX0Katrina's website - https://www.katrinawebb.com.au/

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics start August 24, so this week we are talking with two Paralympians who just happen to be our own Shawn Marsolais and her Tandem Cycling pilot, Lisa. Join Nika as she takes over hosting duties to interview Shawn and Lisa and find out about their experiences at the 2004 Athens Paralympics as competitors in Tandem Cycling. They discuss everything from the relationship and bond that forms between pilot and athlete as well as what their training regiment was like, what it was like competing at an elite level and even what the Canadian Paralympic Team swag was like!  Blind Beginnings' mission is to inspire children and youth who are blind or partially sighted and their families through diverse programs, experiences, counseling and peer support, and opportunities to create fulfilling lives. Visit us online at www.blindbeginnings.ca to find out more!

Adedoyin Adepitan. Or Ade to his friends and the public, was born in Lagos Nigeria. At the age of fifteen months he contracted Poliomyelitis. The effects of the virus meant that Ade was unable to use his left leg, and only had partial use of his right leg. Ade discovered wheelchair basketball when he was twelve, after being spotted by two Physiotherapists. After turning down an opportunity to study and play basketball, at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Ade decided to play basketball professionally for two years with CAI CDM Zaragoza. His dream to play for Great Britain at the Paralympics finally came true. After fifteen years, Ade was selected to compete in the Sydney 2000 Paralympics. The Sydney Paralympics got good media coverage; this helped to boost Ade's Profile amongst the British public. After starring in a documentary called "hoop dreams" for a cable channel, and also featuring in the world famous PlayStation double life advert, as well as presenting a wildlife show on national TV. Ade Adepitan became a familiar face in the UK with his trademark cheeky grin and flowing dreadlocks. Ade continued to represent Great Britain, for five more years after Sydney. In that time he won a bronze, and a silver medal, at the 2002 and 2005 European championships. He also captained his country to a silver medal, at the 2002 World championships in Kitakyushu Japan. In 2004 Ade Adepitan achieved his lifelong ambition, winning a medal at the Athens Paralympics.

In Episode 67 of the Hoopsfix Podcast we sit down with former BBL, NBL and England Head Coach, Dave Titmuss, aka Coach T.Titmuss has spent over 50 years on the sidelines of British basketball, starting out as a 22 year old before working his way up to the highest levels of the game experiencing success at every level, with 15 national titles, a Paralympic World Cup gold medal, a World Wheelchair Basketball Championship silver medal, a Paralympic bronze medal, two Coach of the Year awards and two Paralympic sport Coach of the Year awards.Starting in 1970 with St Albans Phoenix, Titmuss went on to the Hemel Lakers, the side that ultimately became Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead in National League Division 1 in the late 70s and early 80s, competing in the Korac Cup in Europe. From there he spent time with Tigers Juniors in Hemel, Brunel in Division 1, before joining Thames Valley Tigers in the BBL.He then developed the Ware Rebels junior programme, experiencing his first undefeated season, and before joining the Reading Rockets in NBL D1 where they had a historic quadruple-winning undefeated season in 2008-09.Whilst with Reading, he served as Head Coach and Performance Director of Great Britain's Paralympic squad for eight years, coaching GB to fourth place at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, a Silver Medal at the 2002 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, Bronze at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, and Gold at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.He went on to a season in the BBL with Worthing Thunder, before rounding out his career with Hemel Storm from 2010-2019.Titmuss has dedicated a large amount of his time coaching coaches, and is now mentoring whist enjoying retirement.In this 1 hour 39 minute episode, hear from Coach T on: His first exposure to basketball and making the switch from football How he ended up coaching his first session and falling in love with it in his early twenties His process for developing his coaching skills Coaching in the burgeoning national league with Hemel Lakers The professionalisation of the Hemel club within a 7-year time frame becoming Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead and competing in Europe Why basketball more 'mainstream' in the late early 80s, and how big of a role tv played The level of American player teams were able to recruit to play in England in that era How much of a role having British talent at home plays in the development of the game Hemel running their own lottery in the south of the country which helped the club turnover upwards of £1.5million (incorrectly labelled as £5m in the pod) His role at Hemel encompassing a lot more than just coaching, specifically the commercial side of the club Formulating his own coaching philosophy and style Recruiting players that fit the style you want to play versus building a philosophy around the roster make up His three years coaching the England Senior Men First experience coaching in the BBL with Thames Valley Tigers from 1990-1994 Building the Ware Rebels junior programme and it cementing his beliefs around youth development Coaching the England Juniors including a coming up Drew Sullivan Becoming involved with the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association and taking the reigns of their GB Senior Men squad Competing in multiple Paralympics, a world championship and experiencing the highest levels of the game His undefeated season with the Reading Rockets in NBL D1 in 2008-09 winning the quadruple A year in the BBL with Worthing Thunder in 2009-10 the following year Rounding out his career on the sidelines with Hemel Storm Mentoring coaches now to pass on his knowledge What he would do if he was tasked with improving the quality and quantity of coaches in the UK And much, much more! The show has been approved on iTunes – find it here and please subscribe to automatically receive new episodes straight to your phone/computer/tablet – if you could give us a review/rating it would be much appreciated to help the podcast spread far and wide, meanwhile it is also on Spotify here, Overcast, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts.You can support Hoopsfix's work in helping to grow British basketball on Patreon.

We're two athletes with stories to tell of our long careers.  If you don't know us, then here's a bit about us. So one of us is Dan Greaves - better known in our world as Discus Dan - and that's because he throws the discus pretty far.  Far enough to win the Gold medal at the Athens Paralympics in the F44/46.  And silver at Sydney in 2000 and London in 2012.  And bronze in Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016.  He's three times World Champion, 4 times European Champion and once Commonwealth Champion.  And he's from Anstey in Leicestershire. And the other is Martyn Rooney.  Also known as Rooney.  He got a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics in the 4x400m relay.  He's got a silver and two bronze in the World Championships in the relay.  And three golds, two silvers and a bronze in the European Championships in the relay and individual.  He's from Thornton Heath but now lives in Loughborough. This episode looks back to the London Olympics and the London Paralympics in 2012 - the biggest sporting event to be held in the UK in this millennium.   We talk about what it's like to walk out in front of 80,000 fans.  And how it feels when you run badly and that crowd goes quiet!  Dan reveals his idea to get the edge in the warm-up room.   More about Dan on discusdan.co.uk And follow us on social media @DiscusDan @MartynRooney      

Raised in the small country town of Carcoar, Kurt Fearnley has always been determined. Being born without the lower portion of his spine he grew up in a community who never saw him different. In our conversation Kurt shares how it wasn’t until he was 12 years old that he fully realised that his pathway would be different. Kurt has achieved extraordinary feats from crewing a winning Sydney to Hobart yacht, crawling the Kokoda Track and winning dozens of marathons around the world, many of them representing Australia. His career has been in wheelchair racing, and Kurt shares the moment he realised that his chair represents choice and it could take him anywhere in the world. He started his career with two Silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic games, before making his winning breakthrough at the 2004 Athens Paralympics with 2 Gold medals. Kurt conquered the world, winning seven world championships and more than 30 marathons around the globe, including 10 marathons in 2007 and three straight New York marathon titles. In April 2018 Kurt finished his Australian representative as he started it, on home soil, with a win in the marathon at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. We talk about this race and what it took for him to combat doubts and reach out for help to mentally prepare for what would be his last race representing Australia. Since hanging up the green and gold, Kurt has been busy. You will hear his passion for advocating for people with disabilities and his drive to put this on the nation agenda in our country. He has also been recognised in multiple sphere’s, including being awarded 2019 NSW Australian of the Year (and if you haven’t watched his acceptance speech for this google it now - it’s powerful). This conversation was recording, sitting on a couch at a hotel a week before the announcement of 2019 Australian of the Year. Kurt is humble when I asked him about the potential of being awarded this honour and shifts quickly to what he sees as his responsibility to influence politicians, corporations, and education systems to give people with disabilities more choice then they are current afforded. Enjoy listening to the thoughtfulness, insights, and humour and this extraordinary Australian, Kurt Fearnley. Connect with Kurt at: Website: www.kurtfearnley.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/kurtfearnleyracing Twitter: www.twitter.com/kurtfearnley Instagram: www.instagram.com/kurtfearnleyinsta

An 8-year old who woke up on a hospital bed realizing that he had lost an arm, 15 years later at the Athens Paralympics flung his javelin a world record distance. At 35, he set a new world record at Rio 2016, bagging another Olympic gold. Deservedly, he has become the face of India’s para-athlete movement. Arguably, he is also the first differently-abled athlete to gather the spotlight of Indian sport. Here’s the story.

The hosts get into a spirited sports discussion that probably does not belong on a running podcast but when has that ever stopped us. We are then joined by Joe Aukward, a local visually impaired runner who talks about losing his sight and getting into competitive running as a visually impaired runner, guide runners aka selfless patriots, running in the Athens Paralympics and more. Then Farley talks about books and bumps, Luigi visits the vet, the Capital Challenge and Docs is sad about the loss of Chris Cornell.

Steph, Clayton and Bec take a look at the Olympics with two fantastic guests. First up is former Paralympian Kobie Scott, who competed in swimming at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. Kobie chats about the experience […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_stand/p/joy.org.au/standupstraight/wp-content/uploads/sites/240/2016/08/SUS-4th-Aug-2016.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:14 — 19.8MB) The post …I go to Rio appeared first on Stand Up Straight.

In 2004, the British wheelchair racer, Tanni Grey-Thompson, faced the toughest challenge of her career at the Paralympic Games in Athens. Suffering from a loss of form, the great champion was humiliated in her best event and had to go for glory in the 100-metre sprint. She tells Lucy Burns about the race and how becoming a mother gave her a fresh perspective on sport. (Photo: Tanni Grey-Thompson at the Athens Paralympics. Credit: Getty Images).

Horse: Janeiro Lives: Berkshire Championships: Paralympic Games (2012, 2008, 2004); Worlds (2010, 2007); Europeans (2009, 2005) Sophie first represented Great Britain when she was just 16, at the Athens Paralympics, winning individual bronze. She has gone on to win 16 medals (13 gold) at Championship level, including triple gold at the London 2012 Paralympics. Sophie has a Masters degree in Maths and currently works part time as a statistician. Disability: Sophie has cerebral palsy, which affects all her muscles including her speech and is one of the few British grade Ia riders who is not wheelchair-bound.