Episode 140 – Amazing Female Athletes with Elizabeth Emery
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In episode 140 Jill and Chris talk with Elizabeth Emery. She is a former professional cyclist, US National Champion, and Pan Am Games gold medalist who raced in the women’s Tour de France for many years when it was called The Grand Boucle. She won the US Time Trial National Championship, a gold medal in the Pan American Games, the Pan American Championships, and the Tour of Japan.
Elizabeth is the host of the podcast Hear Her Sports where female athletes share stories of the amazing things they’re doing.
We discuss:
- Her experiences as a professional athlete and racing in The Tour de France
- Her motivation to keep training
- Why she started her podcast Hear Her Sports
- What she has learned about ways the female athletes train and eat
- Lessons we can learn from professional women athletes
- Why there is lack of media coverage about women athletes?
- 44% of all athletes are women and only 4% of the media coverage is about women.
- Tidbits about the stories of some amazing women athletes she has interviewed. Most recently in episode 154 Jayden McKinney 2x Ohio High School State Wrestling Champ.
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