Description

Welcome to the brand new Empoword podcast: Empoword Discussions. Your hosts are Deb and Beau and in this series they will be discussing the challenges that women face in sport.

Welcome back to episode 3 where Beau and Deb will chat with Rachel Williamson, an RAF Veteran and Invictus Games gold medalist. Rachel’s story is one of many setbacks, from not making it as an Olympic swimmer, to being medically discharged from the RAF. Yet the energy, positivity and humour Rachel brings to her story makes it impossible not to feel inspired, energised and refreshed yourself after speaking with her and we hope that you are able to take this away from this episode too. She is a true inspiration in the world of sport and we hope you love the episode as much as we did recording it for you!

Topics:

• Early life, childhood and swimming from a young age
• Missing out on qualifying for the Olympics
• The RAF, setbacks, changing career paths and becoming a medic
• Injury and the physical and mental health struggles that come with it
• The impact of the pandemic on sport and fitness
• Finding Invictus
• Getting back in the pool
• Future plans to stay active and challenged

Host: Deb

Host: Beau

Guest: Rachel Williamson

Licensing:

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

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