by Josh Stevens | Apr 5, 2020 | Interviews, Olympian, Summer Sports, Swimming
Name: Jessica Hardy Meichtry Hometown: Long Beach, CA Country: USA Age: 31 Sport: Swimming Years in the sport: 27 How did you get started in your swimming? I fell in a pool at a birthday party at 3 y/o, so my mom enrolled me in swim lessons. Started a summer league...
by Josh Stevens | Mar 4, 2020 | Interviews, Olympian, Summer Sports
Name: Anjelika Reznik Hometown: Almaty, Kazakhstan Country: Canada Age: 23 Sport: Rhythmic gymnastics Years in the sport: 13 years How did you get started in gymnastics? My mom was on the national team for rhythmic gymnastics in Kazakhstan. That’s where I was also...
by Josh Stevens | Feb 29, 2020 | Interviews, Marathon, Olympian, Summer Sports
Name: Christian Kreienbühl Hometown: Rüti Country: Switzerland Age: 37 Sport: Marathon Running Years in the sport: 27 years (with a break from sport of 6 years) How did you get started in your sport? My father was bored to run alone, so he took his son (me!) with him....
by Josh Stevens | Feb 24, 2020 | Fencing, Interviews, Olympian, Summer Sports
Name: Bas Verwijlen Hometown: ‘s-Hertogenbosch Country: The Netherlands Age: 35 Sport: Fencing (Epee) Years in the sport: 30 years How did you get started in your sport? As a baby my parents took me to the fencing club of my grandfather in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the...
by Josh Stevens | Feb 15, 2020 | Interviews, Olympian, Slopestyle Skiing, Winter Sports
Name: Meehyun Lee Hometown: Seoul Country: South Korea Age: 24 Sport: Slopestyle skiing Years in the sport: 14 How did you get started in freestyle skiing? Well, one does not just start freestyle skiing out of nowhere. I began skiing at the age of 3 and then around...
by Josh Stevens | Nov 23, 2019 | Cross Country Skiing, Interviews, Olympian, Winter Sports
Name: Maria Ntanou Hometown: Naousa, Imathia Country: Greece Age: 28 Sport: Cross Country Skiing Years in the sport: 15 How did you get started ski racing? I was an athlete of track and field when I was a child when coaches from the local ski club visited my school to...
