With Kurt Fearnley

24/04/2020 29 min Temporada 1 Episodio 4
With Kurt Fearnley

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I am honoured to be sharing todays episode with Paralympic Gold Medallist Kurt Fearnley. Kurt represented Australia for 18 years in wheelchair racing, he has competed in more then 50 marathons worldwide, and brought home multiple gold medals including both the Paralympics and Commonwealth Games. Kurt spent two weeks in 2009 crawling Papua New Guinea’s Kokoda Track raising awareness & funding for mens health charities Movember & Beyond Blue. Kurt is a passionate disability advocate and devotes himself to a number of national and Hunter-based charitable initiatives. In 2019 Kurt was named NSW Australian of the year.

In todays episode Kurt shares his incredible experiences through his life and sporting career. He shares the resources he has lent on throughout his athletic career to push through difficult moments that have delivered outstanding performances. Kurt shares his thoughts on mental health in the sporting community and how he sustains balance in his career life and home life. We also discuss life in retirement after bringing home one last gold.

You can connect with Kurt via instagram @kurtfearnleyinsta

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