Excited to bring you a new sport to cover on the show today as we punch our way into Boxing by speaking with legendary Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold about her extraordinary career! We learn from Mandy how she got into the sport and just what the boxing scene was like in Canada for females as she progressed her through the sport. We also learn about her incredible experience at the Rio Olympics and just how she was able to overcome a sudden illness to still compete. Added to this we find out more a...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 180
Super pumped to be able to bring you our first ever returning guest to Off The Podium today as we welcome back Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee to talk about his recent success at the Tokyo Olympics and everything else in between! We learn from Evan just what was going through his mind in the closing stages of his race that spurred him on to claim a Bronze Medal and just what it meant to him to finally have an Olympic Medal around his neck. We also learn about his advocacy and continued fight to...
Dec 13, 2021•56 min•Ep. 179
It's time to return to High Jumping today as we speak with two-time Australian Olympian Eleanor Patterson about her amazing career in her amazing sport! We find out from Eleanor how a sleepover at a friend's house set her on her career path and just what it was about high jump that sparked her interest. We also learn about some of the challenges growing up in rural Victoria and how they actually helped her further into her career. Added to this we learn more about just why she gave the sport awa...
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 178
It's time to bring you your first ever taste of Badminton on the show today as we speak with Australian Tokyo Olympian Simon Leung about his Olympic experience and the amazing sport of Badminton! We learn from Simon just how he got into the sport and what made him choose it over a variety of other sports he took part in. We also learn about how he ended up switching from singles into doubles and just how important a strong relationship with your doubles partner is in badminton. Added to this we ...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 177
A massive interview coming your way today as we sit down with American Artistic Gymnast Jordan Chiles to chat about her incredible career and her amazing experiences at the recent Tokyo Olympics! We learn from Jordan just what got her into the sport and why we could've been talking to her about winning a medal in a different sport had her career gone a different direction. We also learn more about the progression through the ranks of gymnastics in the US and just why her starting later than most...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 176
It's time to return to one of our favourite sports in Figure Skating as we chat with American Olympic bronze medallist Jason Brown about his incredible career! We learn from Jason the very unique way in which he got into the sport of figure skating as well as which other sport he had to give up in order to pursue his skating career. We also learn just how the 2010 Olympics played a huge part in spurring him on towards his Sochi appearance and just why a trip to Australia in between 2010 and 2014...
Dec 05, 2021•43 min•Ep. 175
An amazing interview is coming your way today as we speak with legendary four-time Olympic Race Walker from Australia Jane Saville about her incredible Olympic experiences and amazing career! We find out from Jane just how & why she got into the sport and what it was that set her on a path to her four Olympic experiences. We also learn about her experiences as an 'Olympic tourist' during her debut Olympics in 1996, and why her result at those Games spurred her on towards her future successes...
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 174
It's time to bring you a fun episode today as we sit down to rank our favourite Olympic medals from the last 27 years and give you a taste of some of the more unique medal designs that we have seen through some of the more modern Olympics! We go over each of the Olympic medals from 1994 right through to 2022 and rank them in order of our least favourite to favourite and come up with our overall number one medal design that we've seen since the Lillehammer Olympics! It's a fun and unique episode ...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 173
It's time to lift some weight once more as we speak with Australian Tokyo Olympic Weightlifter Matthew Lydement about his weightlifting career and experiences at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. We find out from Matt how he transitioned from a background of playing team sports to eventually going on a journey that would take him to an Olympic Games. We also learn about having two-time Olympian Damon Kelly as his coach and how he was able to help develop him further in the sport. Added to this we learn m...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 172
It's time to bring you our first ever Field Hockey athlete today as we speak with London Olympian Ashleigh Nelson about her incredible career for the Hockeyroos and Olympic experiences! We find out from Ash more about growing up in rural Western Australia and how deciding not to go on a trip with her family ultimately helped her towards her future Olympic appearance. We also learn more about her initial feelings of making the Hockeyroos and how she was able to turn that experience around into pl...
Nov 27, 2021•50 min•Ep. 171
A very special interview coming your way today as we speak with Sudanese rower Esraa Khogali about her groundbreaking appearance at Tokyo and what it means to her to be a history making Olympian! We learn from Esraa just what brought her into rowing and the many challenges she had to overcome in taking up the sport and pushing towards her dream appearance at Tokyo. We also learn just what it meant to her to create history by being both the first Sudanese rower, but also being the first ever fema...
Nov 25, 2021•43 min•Ep. 170
A very exciting interview for you today as we return to the sport of weightlifting by speaking with Belgian Tokyo Olympian Nina Sterckx about her incredible career and her incredible time at the 2020 Olympics! We learn from Nina about her journey as a promising young gynmast into the sport of weightlifting and why a simple training exercise set her on a path towards the Olympics. We also learn more about the history of the sport in Belgium, and just how groundbreaking her qualification was for t...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 169
It's time to get back into the boat today as we sit down and chat with Tokyo Gold Medal winning Australian rower Lucy Stephan about her incredible career and her Olympic experiences! We learn from Lucy just how she went from a tiny town in rural Victoria in the middle of a drought to taking up the sport of rowing that would lead her to the ultimate prize in sport. We also learn about some prestigious races in Australia that may or may not be helped by drinking a certain type of alcohol, as well ...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 168
It's time to hit a home run with our next interview as we get our first taste of Softball and speak with Canadian Bronze Medallist from Tokyo Joey Lye about her amazing career and recent Olympic experiences! We learn from Joey just why a decision from her parents as a child helped steer her on a path towards an Olympic medal and what other sport she potentially could've gone to the Olympics in. We also find out a little more about the build up to Tokyo and why the Gold Medal win by Canada at the...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 167
A very special interview coming your way today as we sit down with the executive producer of presentation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Bid David Mason to learn a little bit more about his unique role with the bid that helped bring the games to Australia. David goes into extensive detail about just what he did that was so important for the Sydney bid, and how him being brought in really helped change the tone of the campaign. He also goes into detail about the different strategies used for the fin...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 166
It's time to return to the sport of gymnastics today as we chat with Aussie Tokyo Olympian Georgia Godwin about her Olympic experience and her amazing career. We find out from Georgia about her trampoline roots and switching focus into artistic gymnastics and at what point she realised it was the sport for her and something she could pursue as a career. We also learn about overcoming the disappointment of narrowly missing out on the Rio Olympics and how a sneaky week away was the turning point i...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 165
It's time to return to the sport of rowing today as we sit down and chat with Tokyo Bronze Medalist Luke Letcher about his career and his Olympic experience. We learn from Luke just how he got into rowing and the process it involved to go from just starting out through to competing for Australia on the world stage. We also learn just how close he was to walking away from the sport, and how the pandemic actually helped him to eventually land a spot on the Tokyo Olympic team. Added to this we lear...
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 164
An absolutely massive interview coming your way today as we sit down with with two-time Olympic Triple Jump champion Christian Taylor to talk about his amazing career. We find out from Christian just how the sport of Triple Jump actually found him and how he used it as "training" for soccer and then turned it into a sport he would soon dominate. We also learn more about his two Olympic experiences and how he is able to get a mental edge over his competitors with some unique strategy. Added to th...
Nov 11, 2021•51 min•Ep. 163
It's time to bring you a taste of shooting on the show for the first time in over 5 years as we speak with Tokyo Olympian Sergei Evglevski about his recent Olympic experiences and his amazing career. We learn from Sergei how getting into shooting was almost part of the 'family business' and whether or not that was a help of hindrance along his early shooting career. We also learn about his experiences in front of a home crowd at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and what it was like sharing that with ...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 162
A great interview coming your way today as we speak with Olympic torchbearer Donna Narvaez about her time carrying the torch during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Donna goes into detail about why she was selected to run with the torch and the process involved in it. She also talks about the honour it was carrying the torch and why it was extra special for her on the day she carried it. We also learn from her what she has done with the torch since and how she continues to use the experi...
Nov 07, 2021•34 min•Ep. 161
We have another exciting interview coming your way today as we speak with Olympic Ticketing Expert Ken Hanscom to learn a little bit more about the Olympic ticketing process and hear about his work he does to help make the Olympic experience better for organisations around the world. Ken tells us just why he is so passionate about the Olympics and how his love for the event came about growing up. He also goes into detail about his first ever Olympic experience back in 2012, and gives some great ...
Nov 05, 2021•50 min•Ep. 160
It's time for your first taste of weightlifting on the show today as we speak with Australian Olympian Kiana Elliott about her time at the Olympics and her amazing career that lead her to Tokyo. We learn from Kiana just how a promising gymnastics career turned into an even more promising weightlifting career and just how quickly she was able to take to the sport and turn that into representing Australia at international competitions. We also learn how she was able to overcome some very low lows ...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 159
It's time to take a brief break from our interviews as we bring back the gang to talk about the Olympic sports and discuss everything about them in a long overdue episode! We go over what sports currently work and what sports currently don't work at both the Summer & Winter Olympics, and try to make sense about how some of them are held during the Olympics. We also go over the sports that could be included at the Olympics and discuss which are the ones we'd love to see in place of some of th...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 158
We’re back into the cold of winter today as we bring you an amazing chat with two-time Australian Olympian in the sport of Alpine Skiing, Greta Small! We learn from Greta how having plastic skis strapped to her feet at the age of two helped her on a journey to being a two-time Olympian and just what other unique sports she participated in as a child. We also learn more about her experiences at the first ever Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 and how that lead to a meeting with the IOC President Thom...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 157
Excited to bring you another athlete interview today and another bobsledder to the show as we chat with Beijing 2022 hopeful Sarah Blizzard about her amazing journey into the amazing sport of bobsleigh. We find out how Sarah seemingly was destined on a path towards a Winter Olympics after her interest in all things winter sport started at a young age. We also find out more about her stellar athletics career, and what the moment was that lead her into transitioning into bobsleigh. Added to this w...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 156
We have another great guest to bring you on Off The Podium today as we speak to Australian swimming legend Giaan Rooney about her amazing career and Olympic experiences! We find out from Giaan just how she was able to crack the Australian Swim team after only a few years of committing to the sport, and just how that then turned into winning a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal at the age of 15. We also find out just what it was like to debut at an Olympic Games in front of her home crowd, and why she...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 155
Excited to bring you another epic interview today as we speak to our second ever Paralympian in Gold Medal winning American Sledge Hockey player Jack Wallace! Jack goes into detail about why he fell in love with the sport of hockey and the challenges involved from switching to stand up hockey to sledge hockey. He also goes over just why the sport is so amazing to watch, and just how skilled of a player you have to be. Added to this Jack talks about the journey that took him to the 2018 PyeongCha...
Oct 24, 2021•56 min•Ep. 154
Get pumped an excited for another amazing interview today as we sit down with American two-time Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry to learn about her amazing life and career in the sport. We find out from Gwen just how she ended up throwing a hammer after initially starting off as a basketball player and just how quickly she was able to adapt to it. We also find out just why hammer throw is one of the most difficult sports in athletics, and just how much training is involved. Added to this we lea...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 153
A very special episode of Off The Podium is coming your way today as we sit down with Olympic Marketing Expert Terrence Burns to learn a little bit more about marketing an Olympic Games as well as the process involved in successfully marketing a bid to help bring an Olympics to a city. Terrence discusses just how him wanting to become a dentist lead to his incredible career and how then working for an airline company helped him along this journey even further. He also goes over just what it take...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 152
It’s time to bring you our first ever European athlete on the show today as we sit down with Swiss Rower Barnabe Delarze to talk about his amazing career and his amazing Olympic experiences! We find out from Barnabe the unique journey he had from playing rugby into discovering rowing and why it wasn’t exactly a sport that he took to straight away. We also find out just what the rowing scene is like in Switzerland and why so many people travel there to setup a training base in the country. Added ...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 151
