The Physical Performance Show: Emma Jeffcoat (OLY) AUS Olympic Triathlete
In episode 314 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation Emma Jeffcoat (OLY) AUS Olympic Triathlete in this Featured Performer Episode.
Emma Jeffcoat is an Australian Olympic Triathlete who made her debut at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
In this episode Emma discusses the poignant issue of comments that can destroy athletes and candidly shares some of the commentary that she’s received throughout her developing triathlon career and how that’s affected her over the years psychologically, health wise and performance wise.
What’s so great about Emma’s story is how she is going from strength to strength in showing those critics that when it comes to performance, ill-informed commentary and beliefs around body composition have no place.
To listen to Episode 314:
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Listen in as we delve into the following:
- How Emma entered Endurance Triathlon Sports
- Which Athlete Emma aspires to be like
- Career reflection and the key hurdles
- What she’s learnt through her coaching transition
- Key Moments in her journey up until Tokyo
- Emma’s Family and lead up to Tokyo Games
- Olympic Games Selection and experience
- Tokyo Race Reflection
- Coming home to quarantine for 14 days
- How she worked through the criticism
- Top 3 tips around fuelling
- What’s ahead for Emma
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