by Josh Stevens | Dec 25, 2018 | Alpine Skiing, Interviews, Olympian
Name: Marco Schafferer Hometown: Gschnitz, Austria Country: Austria Age: 34 Sport: Alpine Skiing Years in the sport: 20 years (6-26yrs of age) How did you get started in skiing? Skiing is the national sport in Austria and a lot of my friends were skiers. What was it...
by Josh Stevens | Dec 8, 2018 | Interviews, Olympian, Track and Field
Name: Noelle Montcalm Hometown: Windsor, Ontario Country: Canada Age: 30 Sport: Athletics/Track and Field – 400m hurdle + 400m Years in the sport: Since I was 12! How did you get started in hurdles/track and field? A local track club was mentioned to me by my uncle...
by Josh Stevens | Dec 2, 2018 | Handball, Interviews, Olympian
Name: Einar Örn Jónsson Hometown: Reykjavik Country: Iceland Age: 41 Sport: Handball Years in the sport: 25 How did you get started in your sport? Handball is a big thing in Iceland and we’ve always had a good national team and most people follow them. At some...
by Josh Stevens | Nov 29, 2018 | Interviews, Olympian, Volleyball
Name: Elizaveta Tishchenko Hometown: Kiev (Ukraine, USSR) Country: Russia, since 2004 I have been permanently living abroad, first in Germany and since 2007 in Switzerland Age: 43 Sport: Volleyball Years in the sport: 1985-2013, 1991-2004 (Russian National Team)...
by Josh Stevens | Nov 21, 2018 | Interviews, Olympian, Rowing
Name: Gearoid Towey Hometown: Kilworth, Cork Country: Ireland Age: 41 Sport: Rowing Years in the sport: 20 Notable Results: 2001 World Championship Gold 🥇 1996 U23 World Championship Gold 🥇 1999, 2003, 2006 World Championship Bronze 🥉 How did...
by Josh Stevens | Nov 6, 2018 | Interviews, Olympian, Track and Field
Name: Edino Ronaldo Steele Hometown: Brooklyn, New York / Kingston Country: USA, Jamaica Age: 30 Sport: Track & Field Years in the sport: 24 years (11 years professionally) How did you get started sprinting? I started in grade school. My PE teacher saw that I had...
