Ep488 - Missy Franklin, Angela Ruggiero & Ashton Eaton | Olympic Panel
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Show Notes
Top Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin, ice hockey gold medalist Angela Ruggiero, and two-time track and field gold medalist Ashton Eaton join us for a panel to discuss mindset, goal setting, and resilience in sports and life.
Missy Franklin was raised in Centennial, Colorado, began swimming competitively at the age of 5, and competed in her first international event in 2009 at the age of 14. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Missy won 4 Gold Medals and 1 Bronze Medal. Missy's performance in the 200-meter backstroke broke the world record in the event and also marked the first time that an American had won the event in 40 years. Missy brought home her final Gold Medal from the 2016 Rio Olympics for her performance in the 4 x 200 relay.
Angela Ruggiero is a leading figure in the global sports world, having served as an elite athlete, business leader, investor, and advisor. Angela is a four-time Olympian and Gold Medalist for Team USA ice hockey, and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. She has been named to Sports Business Journal's 40 Under 40 List, Forbes' Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Sport, and is a Member of the US Olympic & Paralympic Committees and the International Ice Hockey Federation's Hall of Fame.
Ashton Eaton is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon from London 2012 and Rio 2016. He is also an innovation engineer at Nike. Prior to Nike he worked at Intel's Olympic technology Group on 3D motion capture using computer vision and AI for sport performance analysis.
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