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https://shepowersport.com Go Conquer Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:41:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.1 https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.44/np8.4da.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SPS_favicon32X32-03-e1588864195606.png?time=1600263736 Athlete Stories – ShePower Sport https://shepowersport.com 32 32 MUAYTHAI: YOLANDA SCHMIDT – NEVER TOO LATE FOR GREATNESS https://shepowersport.com/muaythai-yolanda-schmidt/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:08:04 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=4187 From world-class dancer to fighter within a few years. Yolanda Schmidt knew she did not have much time to achieve greatness in Muaythai. She did it anyway.

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]]> Karate kata: Femininity fights back https://shepowersport.com/karate-kata-femininity-fights-back/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:00:40 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=4138 Use your femininity to unlock your ultimate potential as an athlete. Seasoned karate kata athlete Kathleen Terra reveals her performance secret.

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]]> BOWLING: DANIELLE MCEWAN – SUPER COOL AND SUPER TOUGH https://shepowersport.com/bowling-danielle-mcewan/ Sun, 02 Aug 2020 23:00:50 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=4059 A dynamic, athletic, physically and mentally exacting, and inclusive sport of global impact? Exactly that is bowling, says last year's World Champion.

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]]> SPEAKING OUT COMES AT A PRICE: CARADH O’DONOVAN https://shepowersport.com/athlete_speaking_out/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 23:00:20 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=3900 Caradh O’Donovan shares here thoughts on the enormous challenge of speaking out—and why you need to do it anyway.

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]]> SURFING: TEHILLAH MCGUINESS – BODY POSITIVITY https://shepowersport.com/surfing-body-positivity/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:00:16 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=3211 Founder of OHANA Surf & Fitness, OHANA Women OnWaves, Surf Coach, Celebrity Personal Trainer, and Motivational Speaker https://youtu.be/Kj6KpOja984 Tehillah is a South African pro surfer and sponsored athlete. She placed top ten in the South African Surf Championships. She ranked as high as #3 on the UK Pro Surf Tour as well as top 10 ...

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]]> ABUSE, DOPING AND COMING CLEAN: MY STORY https://shepowersport.com/abuse-doping-and-coming-clean/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:00:42 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=2136 Great Britain Sprinter, Bernice Wilson, talks to us about a promising career that came to an abrupt end because of domestic abuse and manipulation into doping in sport. She is now a member of the UK Anti-doping (UKAD) Athlete Commission. Bernice now feels she can share her story openly and would like to help others ...

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]]> CURLING: ELISE DOYLE – AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF HARD WORK https://shepowersport.com/elite-curling-is-an-incredible-amount-of-hard-work/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:00:28 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=2971 The amount of work you put in will show My first time stepping on the curling ice was when I was 14, while in grade nine at high school. I was already an athlete, a baseball player, which took up my summers and training through the winter. But high school provided an opportunity to join ...

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]]> AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE IN SPORT https://shepowersport.com/karen_leach_sexual_abuse_harassment_sport/ Mon, 25 May 2020 23:00:14 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=3037 Karen Leach – expert by lived experience Today, she is one of the leading voices against sexual abuse and harassment in sport across the world. As a child, Karen was a talented swimmer with strong aspirations and a realistic chance of representing Ireland at the Olympic Games. Then, everything changed. Since the publication of her ...

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]]> CROSSFIT: CAMILA GONZÁLEZ – NEVER STOP DREAMING https://shepowersport.com/crossfit-camila-gonzalez/ Mon, 18 May 2020 23:00:03 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=2960 Being a woman in CrossFit is powerful https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.44/np8.4da.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Nov_WOD2.mov From flamenco dancer to top CrossFit latina My name is Camila González from Venezuela. I am among the top 30 Latina CrossFitters today, and it has been the most amazing journey. My career as a CrossFit athlete began in 2012 in San José, Costa Rica. Initially, it ...

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]]> SAKURA KOKUMAI – MY JOURNEY TO THE OLYMPICS https://shepowersport.com/sakura-kokumai-team-usa-olympics/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:47:10 +0000 https://shepowersport.com/?p=2743 WATCH OUR Q&A WITH SAKURA ABOUT SAKURA KOKOMAI Individual athletes’ journeys to the Olympics are as unique as their careers. SAKURA KOKUMAI TELLS HER STORY HERE: I have been a kata karate athlete since I was seven. It is my way of life, and I fall in love with the sport all over again and ...

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