54 min
S1: Ep8: Mike McIntyre: My Shadow! Out of the Shadows with Eilidh McIntyre
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This is the way I always wanted to close the first series; by speaking to my shadow, my hero, my inspiration... my Dad! Mike McIntyre overcame devastating defeat at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics to win gold, against the odds, at Seoul 1988. For my whole life, I've wanted to emulate his achievement and, in Tokyo in 2021, I managed to win my own Olympic Sailing gold. Two in one household! I know, crazy! We've never properly sat down to talk about the significance of it; how I felt growing up in his shadow, how he felt when I achieved my dream. It's time to put that right! Standby for some emotional moments plus some low-budget adventures of being an under-funded athlete in the 1980s!
Thanks for listening to series one of "Out of the Shadows" in association with Quote Search, a NinetyFour19 production. Please check out previous episodes in the series and leave a review, if you can, wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks and Happy Christmas!
Time Codes;
00:30 Introducing Mike McIntyre
04:00 How did Mike get into sailing?
05:25 How crazy is it to Mike that Eilidh have both won Olympic Gold?!
08:50 Eilidh and Mike discuss how they communicated during the games
12:00 Turning the clock right back, when did Mike know he wanted to go to the Olympics?
14:30 How did Mike’s Olympic life differ from mine?!
18:00 Was there a moment when the journey to the games just felt too hard?
25:43 The unspoken Olympics in our home and the lessons learned.
32:00 The Americas Cup as Mike relocates to Perth.
34:00 The 1988 Golden Olympics in Seoul!
41:00 The last race of the games; it all comes down to this!
43:28 The shadow over Dad's Gold -Ben Johnson's only gone and tested positive for drugs!
44:50 Mike’s biggest regret?
46:05 When Did Mike realise Eilidh was a mini him!?
47:48 What was it like for MIke watching Eilidh at the games?
49:30 Christmas cracker Questions!!!
This is the way I always wanted to close the first series; by speaking to my shadow, my hero, my inspiration... my Dad! Mike McIntyre overcame devastating defeat at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics to win gold, against the odds, at Seoul 1988. For my whole life, I've wanted to emulate his achievement and, in Tokyo in 2021, I managed to win my own Olympic Sailing gold. Two in one household! I know, crazy! We've never properly sat down to talk about the significance of it; how I felt growing up in his shadow, how he felt when I achieved my dream. It's time to put that right! Standby for some emotional moments plus some low-budget adventures of being an under-funded athlete in the 1980s!
Thanks for listening to series one of "Out of the Shadows" in association with Quote Search, a NinetyFour19 production. Please check out previous episodes in the series and leave a review, if you can, wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks and Happy Christmas!
Time Codes;
00:30 Introducing Mike McIntyre
04:00 How did Mike get into sailing?
05:25 How crazy is it to Mike that Eilidh have both won Olympic Gold?!
08:50 Eilidh and Mike discuss how they communicated during the games
12:00 Turning the clock right back, when did Mike know he wanted to go to the Olympics?
14:30 How did Mike’s Olympic life differ from mine?!
18:00 Was there a moment when the journey to the games just felt too hard?
25:43 The unspoken Olympics in our home and the lessons learned.
32:00 The Americas Cup as Mike relocates to Perth.
34:00 The 1988 Golden Olympics in Seoul!
41:00 The last race of the games; it all comes down to this!
43:28 The shadow over Dad's Gold -Ben Johnson's only gone and tested positive for drugs!
44:50 Mike’s biggest regret?
46:05 When Did Mike realise Eilidh was a mini him!?
47:48 What was it like for MIke watching Eilidh at the games?
49:30 Christmas cracker Questions!!!
54 min