The High Impact Athletes Podcast

High Impact Athletes
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The High Impact Athletes Podcast

On The High Impact Athletes Podcast, Olympic Bronze Medalist Tennis Player and Founder of High Impact Athletes Marcus Daniell interviews world-class athletes from a variety of sports and backgrounds who have all chosen to make giving back a large part of their lives. Marcus and guests dive deeply into the why - and learn about how - they are doing the maximum good possible. 

  1. OCT 25

    Michaela Blyde - Rugby Sevens Olympic Gold Medalist

    Marcus chats with viral Olympic athlete and back-to-back gold medalist Michaela Blyde of the NZ Sevens. They dive into the pressures and nerves of playing for your country, the culture and psychology of champions, meeting a childhood hero in Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce and more. Michaela is a firecracker of a human - unfiltered, hilarious, and world-class in her sport. You don’t want to miss this one!

    37 min

  2. SEP 6

    Hamish Kerr - Olympic Gold Medalist High Jumper

    Marcus chats with 2024 Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr, who is also a World Indoor Championships gold and bronze medalist, Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Oceania and New Zealand record holder, newly crowned memelord, and is otherwise known as the Flying Kiwi.Topics include what it feels like to win gold in a stadium of 80,000 people, the rarity and challenges of a gold medal jump-off, the emotional toll of the Olympics, and the harsh realities of making a living as a track & fie...

    38 min

  3. MAY 26

    Liv Boeree - Former professional poker player, science communicator and host of the Win-Win Podcast

    Marcus chats with Liv Boeree, one of the most successful female poker players of all time. Liv is the only woman to have won both a European Poker Tour event and a World Series of Poker bracelet, and has amassed tournament winnings of over $3.5m dollars over her career. They talk about what makes a world-class poker player, whether poker skills are born of nature or nurture, and the experience of being a woman in a majority male-dominated game and how to exploit that fact. Liv was a cofo...

    1h 5m

  4. MAR 22

    David Nyika - Olympic Bronze Boxer

    Marcus chats with David Nyika, one of New Zealand’s most successful boxers. Olympic bronze medalist, Commonwealth Games double gold medalist, undefeated as a professional: Dave is a shining talent in the ring and he’s just getting started. He also has a huge heart and is known as ‘The Nice Guy’. We get into all things boxing as well as a variety of topics outside the ring, including his Ugandan heritage, his love for animals, and ‘Dave Logic’. Follow Dave on:Instagram at: https://www.ins...

    1h 44m

  5. 11/14/2023

    Fernando Martin-Gullans - Houston Ballet, Artists of Impact

    Fernando is a veteran ballet dancer, having spent years at Houston Ballet after graduating from the Royal Ballet School in London. Fernando dives into the pressures and social difficulties of being a male ballet dancer as an adolescent, the struggles of constant rejection, and the power of fully expressing your feelings through dance. Fernando has a profound and pragmatic approach to the food he eats and the way he thinks about consumption, which has led to some rethinking of my own eati...

    1h 21m

  6. 10/16/2023

    Ellis Spiezia & Ellysium Racing - The Electric Racing Renegade

    “The quickest way to become a millionaire in racing is to start out as a billionaire.”Ellis Spiezia is known as the electric renegade and is the first native electric racing driver. He, along with his parents Michelle and Francesco, comprise the Ellysium Racing Team.Marcus chats with the team about the pros and cons of electric vs combustion racing, the financial and lifestyle realities of getting to the top of the racing world, the fears of a parent watching their child crash at high speed, ...

    1h 17m

  7. 08/28/2023

    Julia Ratcliffe - Gold Medalist Hammerthrower

    Julia is an Olympian and triple Commonwealth Games Medalist hammerthrower, winning one gold and two silvers across 12 years. She has snared six national titles and set 8 national records in New Zealand. Julia is also a weapon in the classroom, having been Head Girl and Dux at high school and graduating in economics from Princeton, where she became Princeton’s first female track & field athlete to win an NCAA title. Alongside her throwing career Julia has worked for the Reserve Bank of New...

    46 min

  8. 08/08/2023

    Jamie Farndale - Captain Scottish Rugby 7s Team

    Jamie Farndale is an athlete scholar. He was captain of the Scotland Rugby 7s team, which made history in beating New Zealand (the first Scottish team in any version of rugby to do so) and in winning a world series. He is also studying business sustainability at Cambridge University alongside his pro athlete career. Jamie chats with Marcus and Hugo about his atypical pathway to becoming a professional rugby player, along with all the special moments in his career. We dive into the pros a...

    45 min
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On The High Impact Athletes Podcast, Olympic Bronze Medalist Tennis Player and Founder of High Impact Athletes Marcus Daniell interviews world-class athletes from a variety of sports and backgrounds who have all chosen to make giving back a large part of their lives. Marcus and guests dive deeply into the why - and learn about how - they are doing the maximum good possible. 

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  • Creator
    High Impact Athletes
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 The High Impact Athletes Podcast
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