Overcoming Obstacles as an Olympian with Bendere Oboya
Episode description
The guest this episode is the lovely Bendere Oboya. Bendere is traditionally a 400m athlete, but has her sights set on the 800m as well. She started her athletics career relatively late for most - 16 - however, in a short space of time, she has become a phenomen - going from a 60 seconds plus 400m athlete to Commonwealth Youth Champion in 2017, 2018 Commonwealth Games representative on the Gold Coast and then the highest placed teenager at the 2019 World Championships. Competing at the Olympics last year was a massive feat for Bendere as she continues her journey. This episode, we talk all about starting her athletics career, her road to the Olympics, being a black woman in Australia, facing comparison with Cathy Freeman and how she’s gained enough confidence to call herself her own role model.
She also answers the questions some of you sent across for her!
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Thank you for listening to Bendere's tale and we'll see you next episode for another exciting interview!