Adele Nicoll Elite Athlete – Reaching for the Stars to Become an Olympian
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Show Notes
Jeannette welcomes Adele Nicoll, an elite athlete and multi-sport competitor, to discuss Adele's journey into athletics, her natural talent and passion for sports, and her dedication to training and competing in shot put, discus, and bobsleigh.
Adele shares her experiences of overcoming challenges, including the financial struggles of being a self-funded athlete, and the importance of having supportive relationships and role models. She also highlights the need for greater visibility and investment in women's sports, emphasising the value that individual athletes can bring to businesses and the wider community
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Adele acknowledges that she had natural athletic ability from a young age, but she also emphasises the importance of hard work and dedication in achieving success. Talent may open doors, but it is the effort that takes you to the top.
- Pushing through emotions and fulfilling your commitments, helps to demonstrate resilience and determination.
- There is a need for more female role models in sports, particularly in individual sports like athletics. Adele believes that visibility and support from businesses are crucial in promoting women in sports and creating equal opportunities.
- Adele encourages businesses to consider investing in individual athletes and not just team sports. She suggests that athletes can offer valuable skills and insights to businesses, such as motivation, inspiration, and resilience, which can benefit employees and contribute to better results
BEST MOMENTS
"I think there is a balance of obviously recovery is huge in what I do and I have to make sure I'm sleeping and I'm getting rest and I think I have this year become better at recognising when I'm getting run down because that's when you have to say I need a day off."
"I think that to see change, there needs to be a merge between investment into sport, to see it not just as sport. Because I think that's sometimes the hesitancy with a lot of, I guess, businesses, they think, well, sport doesn't align with what we do. Sport aligns with everything that businesses do."
"I think we really need to make it clear that it's never about males versus females. I think that it's always about females standing on their own on the same level as males, not to fight against males or to compete against males. It's about having the equal opportunity, the equal visibility."
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Adele Nicoll
International Athlete competing in Bobsleigh and Athletics
MSc Psychology
2022 Winter Olympic Athlete
2022 World Cup Silver Medallist
2022 Commonwealth Games shot put finalist
2022 & 2023 BRITISH champion - shot put
Multiple Welsh Record Holder and more than 20-times the Welsh champion.
9x British Universities Champion.
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
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