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Joanna Rowsell Shand

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Olympic Gold Medallist and inspirational and motivational speaker.

Joanna Rowsell Shand is a two time Olympic Gold Medalist Cyclist, winning Gold in 2012 and 2016, and is a motivational and inspirational speaker on teamwork and overcoming adversity.

Joanna came to cycling quite late and was talent spotted at 15. It was not something she had proactively done before so was a testing challenge for her, but with determination and perseverance she won junior titles and represented her country at the Junior World Championships.

Between 2010 and 2011 a series of setbacks and unsuccessful tournaments meant her place at 2012 was not guaranteed. However, through her dedicated, she recovered and battled back to become World Champion, World Record holder and Olympic Champion in 2012.

She moved into more individual races rather than team races, and in 2014 she won gold at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games in the Individual Pursuit that year.

In 2016 she as actually more of an underdog having not won the World Title that year but succeeded again and the team blew the competition away to take a gold medal again and three new World Records in the process.

Joanna has managed all of this while suffering from alopecia. While this may not have affected her physical ability on the bike, it has brought with it many challenges as she grew up and has spoken frequently on how she overcame those confidence issues.

SPEAKER TOPICS

Joanna Rowsell Shand is an accomplished motivational speaker and talks passionately about her career, the setbacks she has faced and how she has overcome them. She can focus her talk around sporting themes as well as around the more personal topic of alopecia and how she has overcome body confidence issues.

Working with the BBC in Rio after she finished racing, Joanna received great praise via social media from many people enjoying her warming presence on camera and insight into the racing mindset.

Joanna can tailor her talk to the audience as necessary and can speak passionately on the following topics:

• What it takes to win
• Overcoming adversity
• Dealing with nerves and pressure
• Teamwork
• Body confidence
• Marginal gains

Topics

Mental Health
Overcoming Adversity
Teamwork
Winning Mindset/performance
Women in Business

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