Podcast appearances and mentions of charlotte gilmartin

Winter Olympian Charlotte Gilmartin talks to Nicola Dean about the considerable pressures of performing at an elite level."Just because you're successful in sport, it doesn't mean you're happy."Charlotte Gilmartin is a 2x Winter Olympian GB short-track speed skater. Since she retired after the last Olympics, she's dedicated herself to championing safeguarding adults in sport.Charlotte has first-hand experience of just how fraught and intense life can be for elite athletes. A talent scout recognised her skills at a birthday party, and just three years later she was on the GB speed skating team. By this point she was just 15 years old; still a child, but suddenly she was expected to deal with the sort of pressures that could try even the most experienced of athletes.Charlotte talks about how the "hunger" of being an elite athlete makes happiness and contentment effectively impossible. The constant pressure to be your best is not conducive to mental and physical wellbeing. Often, attempts to be your very best can directly contradict the six principles of adult safeguarding.If you want to hear more from Charlotte, she's taking part in our Safeguarding Adults in Sport Participation Forums. This is your chance to help us develop best practice in safeguarding adults in sport!

The most senior family judge in England and Wales has ruled that a transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility cannot be registered as his child's father.  This is first case of its kind, and Rosalind English discusses the decision with Charlotte Gilmartin, who points out that the ruling endorses a tension between legal parentage and social/psychological parentage in transgender cases.

Alasdair Hooper hosts a special SportSpiel episode - the 50th ever produced - and is joined by British speed skating star Elise Christie.  The 2017 World Champion is one of the best short track speed skaters in the world and has enjoyed phenomenal success.  However, in conjunction with her phenomenal talent the self-declared 'goofball' has also endured her fair share of ups and downs with much of it aired in full public view at the Winter Olympics. With every medal achieved on the World and European stage it appears they have been countered by ticking every box of bad luck at the Olympics including falls, disqualifications, injury and social media abuse.  In this special episode Elise talks in great depth about her life in speed skating, from starting out as a kid, to her Winter Olympic lessons to becoming the best in the world. We also talk about the dangers of social media, the prospect of competing in long track as well as what life is like with – and now without – her best friend Charlotte Gilmartin in training and competition. What comes out in this interview is an athlete who is as bubbly and entertaining as she is talented and – no matter what the haters on social media might say – you can’t keep this goofball down. Follow sportspielpod on social media or email us feedback at sportspielpod@gmail.com Visit our website at: sportspielonline.com Image credit: Martin Holtom

Alasdair Hooper hosts the fourth SportSpiel Winter Olympics special as we tick down to PyeongChang 2018 in style. On this episode short track speed skater Charlotte Gilmartin returns to the podcast to tell us about her qualifying journey. Since Charlotte spoke to us back in July a combination of painful injuries proved to be a major hurdle as she tried to qualify for her second Olympics. However, she persisted throughout and eventually ended up making it to South Korea.  This time around, with the experience of Sochi 2014 to turn to, the aim is to make an impact on the track and the 27-year-old tells us just how much effort goes into performing at your best. From training, all the way down to checking messages from your loved ones and from people on social media, everything matters. Follow sportspielpod on social media or email us feedback at sportspielpod@gmail.com Visit our website at: sportspielonline.com

Rosalind English talks to Charlotte Gilmartin about the implications of a recent High Court ruling overturning Hackney council’s decision to allow permission to demolish part of a historic canal side building. #HackneyCouncil #HolbornStudios #EagleWharf #CharlotteGilmartin #planningpermission

Alasdair Hooper and Will Moulton bring you episode 7 of SportSpiel, a podcast full of sporting discussion and feature interviews.  In our first segment we discuss: - If 2019 will be the last ever British Grand Prix at Silverstone  - British success at the World Para Athletics Championships including a gold medal and world record for friend of the show Sammi Kinghorn - England cricket's highs and lows - a damaging Test defeat for the men but a World Cup final for the women Our feature interview segment in this episode is with Winter Olympian and short track speed skater Charlotte Gilmartin. After representing Great Britain at Sochi 2014, Charlotte has gone from strength to strength and has enjoyed a hugely positive 2017 with a European bronze coming her way amongst other accolades. With the 2018 Olympic qualifiers just weeks away all eyes are focused on making the grade and bouncing back from a disappointing World Championship result back in March. Follow sportspielpod on social media or email us feedback at sportspielpod@gmail.com