the [female] athlete project

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Our Aussie Paralympians are winning plenty of medals in Paris, Football Australia have announced a new broadcast deal and Angel Reese has set the record for the most rebounds in a single WNBA season (plus she has the treats for movie night covered). For the key story, we chat about the new 'smart ball' technol...

Jamieson Leeson is the reigning Boccia world champion in the BC3 pairs event. While the 21-year old only took up Boccia six years ago, she started her career off with a bang. Winning a gold medal at her first competition - Australia’s New South Wales State Titles. Since then she’s gone from strength to strength including winning the individual silver medal at the 2022 Boccia World Championships, a...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Caitlin Clark has set another record, Patterson and Olyslagers are on the high jump podium again, and Australia will have the most women’s singles competitors in 35 years For the key story, we chat about how the NWSL has become the first major U.S. professional sports league to abolish the draft system with a ground-b...

Noemie Fox is the first-ever Olympic champion in the women’s kayak cross. While she comes from a family of paddling royalty, the youngest Fox wasn’t always in love with the sport. A self-described, late bloomer, it wasn’t until age 15 that Noemie found her love for water sports. Growing up alongside her Olympic Champion sister, Noemie kept falling just short of that Olympic quota. That is until sh...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: Kasia Niewiadoma has won the  Tour de France Femmes with the  closest finish in the race's history ,  the  Cronulla Sharks  have continued their unbeaten run in the NRLW and Aussie cricketer  Georgia Redmayne  picked up her second player of the match in a row, in 'The Hundred'.For the key story, we chat ab...

The GOAT of Australian Basketball. Every time we hear that phrase, one particular athlete always springs to mind. And considering she’s just become the first Australian to win FIVE medals across FIVE Games, there’s no better time to have her back on the pod. It’s been almost two years since we spoke to Lauren Jackson and during that time she was gearing up for an impressive 5th Basketball World Cu...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Aussie women have carried at the Paris Olympics - claiming 32 of Australia's 53 medals, the Broncos have broken a club record in their win over the Titans and A.C. Milan has a new pregnancy policy. For the key story, we chat about the results of a new survey, that’s revealed experts are predicting double-digit...

Rachael Gunn, better known as ‘RayGun’ is Australia’s top-ranked B-girl. She’s always had a love for dancing, but it wasn’t until her twenties that she fell in love with breaking. Coming fresh off victory in the 2023 Oceania Breaking Championships, RayGun is ready to dance her way into the Paris Games, where breaking will make its Olympic debut. By day Raygun is a full-time university lecturer and...

Nat Cook is an Olympic gold medalist, in beach volleyball. She became the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games in her sport. When Beach Volleyball made its Olympic debut in 1996, Nat and her playing partner Kerry Pottharst claimed bronze. But the dynamic duo are best known for winning gold at Sydney 2000 on the sands of Bondi Beach. But her passion for the Olympic Games kept bur...

The Tillies are the Australian football team taking the country and the world by storm. But behind every great football team, there’s an amazing team of experts working behind the scenes, incredible women who help to manage the Matildas. On today’s episode, we meet Ann Odong, the Media and PR Manager for the Matildas. Ann is responsible for making sure the fans get access to the players and get to...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Adelaide Thunderbirds are into the Super Netball Grand Final after a convincing win over the Vixens, Pole Vault champion Nina Kennedy has won her fifth consecutive event this year and Angel City FC is set to become the most valuable professional women's sports team in the world! Plus the Olympics begin this we...

Have you ever wondered how active women fuel their bodies? Sally Walker is an advanced sports dietician who’s worked across more than twenty-five different sporting programs, including as the lead dietician at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Meanwhile, Jelena Savic is a naturopath with over thirteen years of experience in the health and fitness industry. Put these two great minds together and you ha...

The Tillies are the Australian football team taking the country and the world by storm. But behind every great football team, there’s an amazing team of experts working behind the scenes, incredible women who help to manage the Matilda’s. On today’s episode we meet Gina Rees. She’s the Team Manager at the Tillies who’s responsible for what she calls, rolling out the red carpet for her players. Gin...

Basketballer Emma Clarke pushes for perfection in every aspect of her life.  The Sydney Flames forward loves the grit and grind of the sport and is already one of the best three-point shooters in Australia. But it was during her first 3X3 basketball camp, that she and her competitive streak finally met their match.  Take your performance to the next level with Athena nutrition. https://athenanutri...

The Tillies are the Australian football team taking the country and the world by storm. But behind every great football team, there’s an amazing team of experts working behind the scenes, incredible women who help to manage the Matildas. Georgia Brown is the Assistant Sports Scientist at the Tillies, who is changing the game when it comes to research around female footballers in Australia. She’s c...

Trigger warning: this episode mentions an eating disorder. If this impacts you and you feel like you need support, contact The Butterfly Foundation on 1800 ED HOPE (1800 33 4673). In 2019, middle distance runner Catriona become the first Australian woman in a decade to break the two-minute barrier in the 800m. Later that year, she set a new Australian record of 1:58.78, surpassing the 43-year-old...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Queensland Maroons have won the first-ever women's State of Origin decider, the Aussie Gems U18’s basketball team have claimed back-to-back Asian Cups and Mia Kretzer has become the youngest person to win an X Games gold medal. For the key story, we’ll chat about a new report that shows there's a huge dema...

Kim Ravaillion is one of the most experienced mid-courters in Australian netball. But her journey to get there looked very different to those who came before her. At age 19, Kim became the first player to make her international debut, before playing a single national game. Now Kim has 60 Diamonds caps to her name, alongside back-to-back championships with the Queensland Firebirds. But giving birth...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: the Queensland firebirds have pulled off the upset of the season in the Super netball, the Gangurrus have won the FIBA 3x3 series in China and Ash Barty is BACK, and will play the invitational doubles at Wimbledon with her former partner Casey Dellacqua. For the key story, we’ll chat about some of the results of the wo...

Chantelle Cameron is the former boxing world champion in two weight classes, but it was her love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer that got her there to begin with. Chantelle has an almost unblemished professional record, winning eighteen of her so far nineteen professional fights. And now she’s gearing up for her next fight on the 20th of July. Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book f...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: Ariarne Titmus has broken the world record for the 200-metre freestyle, Jess Fox has collected her 50th Canoe World Cup gold medal and Cortnee Vine is heading to the U.S! For the key story, we’ll chat about how World Athletics and the International Boxing Association will pay athletes who get medals at the upcoming Par...

Growing up in Paris, Marie Sallois spent her childhood surrounded by sport. But it was a fateful moment 20 years ago that led her to walk through the doors of the International Olympic Committee. Now, Marie is the Corporate and Sustainable Development Director at the IOC. Her role is as vital as ever with the 2024 Paris Games becoming the first Olympics to reach full gender parity in the number of...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: Jess Fox and her sister Noemie have both finished with silver medals at the Canoe Slalom World Cup, game two of the women’s state of origin has broken even more records and Iga Swiatek has won her third straight French Open title. For the key story, we’ll chat about Saudia Arabia’s controversial partnership with the Wo...

A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: The Aussie Rugby Sevens team have been crowned overall champions after a convincing win over France, golden girl Jess Fox has won gold at the Canoe Slalom World Cup and the tillies scored a late equaliser to draw with China in a friendly. For the key story, we’ll chat about Australia’s Marathon selection drama, raising...

Saskia Newman, fell in love with football at the age of four. Now at just 22, she's been named the vice-captain of the Australian Women's Deaf Football Team. But along the way she's been advocating for change. Educating players and referees on what the cochlear implant is and just how it helps her play to the best of her ability. This weekend she will conquer another challenge, as she...