Refreshing Pod - Livvy Breen (Paralympics GB)
It's the first interview of 2026!
Olivia Breen brings joy and positivity to the podcast, as her & Johnny chat all things athletics.
Starting her journey in 2012 (aged 16) competing at the London games, Olivia is a Welsh Paralympian athlete, who competes for Wales and Great Britain mainly in T38 sprint and F38 long jump events. She's going for gold again this summer at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland.
Johnny get's Livvy's take on what it's like to be a full time athlete on a daily basis, what she hopes to still achieve in her two sports, and what she wants to do when she ends her time on the track & in the sandpit. Plus of course, we look at the current Winter Olympics, and look forward to the Winter Paralympic Games beginning on March 6th.
Glasgow hosts the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with 10 sports including Athletics/Para Athletics, Swimming/Para Swimming, Artistic Gymnastics, Track Cycling/Para Track Cycling, Netball, Weightlifting/Para Powerlifting, Boxing, Judo, Bowls/Para Bowls, and 3x3 Basketball/3x3 Wheelchair Basketball.
Follow Olivia's 2026 Journey To Glasgow:
Insta: livvy_breen
WWW: https://paralympics.org.uk/athletes/olivia-breen
Livvy's medal haul ...
2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan
T38 long jump: bronze
2012 Paralympic Games, London, United Kingdom
T35-38 4x100m: Bronze
**2023 World Para Athletics World Championships, Paris, France **
T38 Long Jump: Silver
2019 World Para Athletics World Championships, Dubai, UAE
T38 Long Jump: bronze
2017 IPC Athletics World Championships, London, UK
T38 Long Jump: Gold
2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Doha, Qatar
T38 4x100m: Gold
2018 IPC Athletics European Championships, Berlin, Germany
T38 100m: Bronze
2016 IPC Athletics European Championships, Grosseto, Italy
T35-38 4x100m: Gold
2014 IPC Athletics European Championships, Swansea, Wales
T38 4x100m: Silver
T38 100m: Bronze
2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia
T38 Long Jump: Gold
T38 100m: Bronze
**2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England (**Covid Year)
T38 100m: Gold
Refreshing Pod is a magazine style podcast, giving you ideas, interviews, big name guests, and guaranteed laughs along the way, with new content every month, now in it's 9th series.
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