56 min
EP44 - Richard Adu-Bobie| Taking Care of The Little Things & Accepting Challenges The Inner Olympian
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- Self-Improvement
In this episode sit down with 2x Canadian Olympian, and 4x All American Richard Adu-Bobie. Richard Adu-Bobie is a former Canadian 100m sprinter and was a member of Canada’s 4x100m relay team at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2004 he was the youngest member of the Canadian track and field team at the age of 19 when he finished 4th at the Canadian Olympic trials setting a then new Canadian Junior record of 10.28s
In 2005, Richard went on to start his NCAA collegiate career at the University of Florida, where he finished third in the 60m dash as a Freshmen at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In the Fall of 2006, Richard transferred to Texas A&M University where his NCAA career really took off earning multiple All-American, ALL SEC, and all Big athlete honours.
Internationally Richard has represented Canada at the 2005 and 2007 IAAF World Championships and is a silver medalist from the 2007 Pan American Games where he ran the lead-off leg. In 2008, he was selected to represent Canada at his second Olympic Games at the 2008 Beijing, Olympics as an alternate for the 4x100m relay.
After eight years running for the National team, he made the decision to retire after missing out on his third Olympic Games in 2012. Soon after retirement, Richard began working for Employment and Social Development Canada where he is currently a Senior Business Consultant providing grant and contributions guidance on various government of Canada funding programs.
In this episode, we chat about Richard's journey to his first Olympic team taking care of the little things not being afraid to take on challenges how to identify if your feeling stuck And the biggest thing he’s learned since retiring from the sport.
To connect with Richard, you can follow him on Instagram @radubobie, or Twitter @richardadubobie.
About Segun: Segun is a 2x Canadian Olympian, 3x International medalist, TEDx Speaker, AthletesCAN Ambassador, Christie Lake Kids Ambassador, and creator/ host of TheInnerOlympian podcast.
Connect with Segun online via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also visit TheInnerOlympian on Instagram or online at www.theinnerolympian.com
In this episode sit down with 2x Canadian Olympian, and 4x All American Richard Adu-Bobie. Richard Adu-Bobie is a former Canadian 100m sprinter and was a member of Canada’s 4x100m relay team at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2004 he was the youngest member of the Canadian track and field team at the age of 19 when he finished 4th at the Canadian Olympic trials setting a then new Canadian Junior record of 10.28s
In 2005, Richard went on to start his NCAA collegiate career at the University of Florida, where he finished third in the 60m dash as a Freshmen at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In the Fall of 2006, Richard transferred to Texas A&M University where his NCAA career really took off earning multiple All-American, ALL SEC, and all Big athlete honours.
Internationally Richard has represented Canada at the 2005 and 2007 IAAF World Championships and is a silver medalist from the 2007 Pan American Games where he ran the lead-off leg. In 2008, he was selected to represent Canada at his second Olympic Games at the 2008 Beijing, Olympics as an alternate for the 4x100m relay.
After eight years running for the National team, he made the decision to retire after missing out on his third Olympic Games in 2012. Soon after retirement, Richard began working for Employment and Social Development Canada where he is currently a Senior Business Consultant providing grant and contributions guidance on various government of Canada funding programs.
In this episode, we chat about Richard's journey to his first Olympic team taking care of the little things not being afraid to take on challenges how to identify if your feeling stuck And the biggest thing he’s learned since retiring from the sport.
To connect with Richard, you can follow him on Instagram @radubobie, or Twitter @richardadubobie.
About Segun: Segun is a 2x Canadian Olympian, 3x International medalist, TEDx Speaker, AthletesCAN Ambassador, Christie Lake Kids Ambassador, and creator/ host of TheInnerOlympian podcast.
Connect with Segun online via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also visit TheInnerOlympian on Instagram or online at www.theinnerolympian.com
56 min