Ep. 43 | Two-time Olympic Fencer | Laurence Halsted
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Today we welcome two-time Olympic fencer, Laurence Halsted, to the podcast !
✅Topics Discussed:
🤺 Growing up with parents who were ex-Olympic Fencers
⚔️ Laurence’s rise to success in the sport
🇬🇧Experience of competing at the London 2012 Olympics
🧠Psychological qualities he believes makes a professional fencer
🇧🇷 Experience of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympics
👊🏼 Experience of retiring from fencing
🌎 Laurence’s thoughts on the current Olympic system & what could be done to create a more sustainable one
🇩🇰 Role of being the performance director for the Danish Fencing Federation
🦋 Work with the True Athlete Project & his recent book which was recently published “Becoming a True Athlete: A Practical Philosophy for Flourishing Through Sport”
🔮 Future goals & ambitions
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