Pursuit of Gold with Laura Wilkinson

Chip Baker is a fourth generation educator who has been a teacher/coach for 20 years, is the creator of ‘Chip Baker – The Success Chronicles’ and the ‘Chip Baker Character Development Program’, and is a best selling author. His motto is ‘Live. Learn. Serve. Inspire. Go get it.’, and he brings this motivating statement to life in his conversation with Laura today. Beginning with a look at his own b...

Laura’s guest on the podcast today is two-time Olympic Women’s Bobsled Champion, Kaillie Humphries. In addition to her two gold medals from the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, Kaillie has won Olympic Bronze in 2018, is the first female bobsledder to defend her Olympic title, and was named the flagbearer for the 2014 closing ceremonies. In 2019, Kaillie left the Canadian team and now represents the United...

Given that today marks what should have been the fifth day of competition at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, Laura welcomes to the podcast the broadcaster who has covered a total of eleven Summer and Winter Olympics, Ted Robinson. In addition to his extensive experience with the Olympics, Ted has, among other roles, been the radio voice for the San Francisco 49ers, and covered tennis from the U.S....

Laura’s guest this week is the Sports Dietitian and Physiologist for the United States Olympic Committee, Susie Parker-Simmons. With her experience in both Australia and the United States, and her involvement at 7 Olympic Summer, Winter, and Paralympic Games, Susie is a wealth of knowledge and experience in employing nutrition to extend athletic careers. Susie begins today’s discussion by reviewin...

Prepare yourself for the unique and unusual story of today’s guest, Lauren Gibbs, Silver Medalist and World Champion Bobsledder, not to mention Laura’s newest BFF. Throughout their lively conversation, you will laugh, you will learn, and most of all, you will be inspired to start dreaming big, no matter how old you are. Lauren starts things off by describing her unique journey to becoming an Olymp...

This week, Laura is extremely excited (and geeking out a little bit) as she welcomes one of her childhood heroes, Kim Zmeskal. to the podcast. Kim is a National Champion, World Champion, Olympic Bronze Medalist, and the first American to win the All-Around World Championship title in gymnastics. Currently, she co-owns Texas Dreams Gymnastics with her husband Chris Burdette in Coppell, Texas, and c...

Laura welcomes three-time National Player of the Year, four-time All-American, and two-time Olympic medalist in softball, Cat Osterman, to the podcast today. Cat is an incredibly successful, multiple record-holding pitcher who is now an Assistant Coach at Texas State, and is coming out of retirement to play for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics next year now that softball has been reinstated. In this...

Joining Laura today on a very special episode is the man, the myth, the legend, Greg Louganis, currently the Sports Director for the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. As you probably already know, Greg is a 4 time Olympian, and the only man to ever win consecutive double gold medals in diving at the Olympics. He is also, of course, the man who came back to win Olympic gold in dramatic fashion af...

This week’s guest is Dr. Karen Cogan, a Senior Sports Psychologist for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) who has attended 4 Olympic Games as the Sports Psychology Consultant for several Olympic medalists and their coaches. Dr. Cogan has a special set of skills, and she most certainly ‘knows her stuff’. In today’s episode, Laura and Dr. Cogan cover an incredible amount of t...

Laura is joined today by a very special guest, who is also her very good friend, Mariel Zagunis. In addition to being a four time Fencing Olympian, winning back to back Olympic Gold in 2004 and 2008 as well as a pair of team Bronze medals, Mariel was also selected by her fellow athletes to be the 2012 Team USA flag bearer in London. Today, this highly accomplished athlete engages with Laura in a f...

Olympic and World Champion diver, Laura Wilkinson seeks to equip athletes with the most effective tools that will help them reach their biggest goals in sport through conversations with elite and Olympic athletes, sports professionals, coaches, and experts. In these conversations we unlock the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual tools that shape the whole athlete and generate peak performan...