Finding Your Cause with Allyson Felix
Episode description
Allyson Felix OLY is the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history with 11 total medals from 5 consecutive Olympic games, and holds the title of most decorated athlete in World Athletic Championships history with 20 career medals. While her sheer amount of athletic achievements make her a force to be reckoned with on the track, off the track Allyson is a champion of equality, women’s reproductive health, and maternity protection. In this interview, we discuss her Olympic career from her earliest games to her greatest victories, becoming a mother and her advocacy for maternal support in the athletic industry, and her hopes and goals moving forward.
Don’t miss this episode where we talk about:
- Starting track and field in high school, how it led to her first Olympic Games, and becoming an Olympic silver medalist at 18
- Navigating the ups and downs of training, how she juggled her professional athletic career while still in college, and her first Olympic gold medal
- The culture of silence surrounding pregnancy in the athletic industry, and how writing a New York Times op-ed regarding her experiences trying to get maternal support from sponsors served as a catalyst for greater maternal protections to be included in sponsor contracts for all female athletes
- How she started her athletic footwear company Saysh and the mission behind it
- Her dedication to raising awareness of maternal issues and her plans moving forward as she transitions into the next chapter of her career
Find Allyson Felix
https://saysh.com
IG & Twitter: @allysonfelix
Facebook: Allyson FelixSaysh
IG: @bysaysh
Follow Lydia:
www.lydiafenet.com
IG: @lydiafenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet
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Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.
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