Unfiltered Athletes

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Leonora MacKinnon is an olympic fencer who specializes in the épée discipline; Leonora has an amazing family story, which made her start competing for Great Britain, before switching to represent Canada at international events. We talk about her fencing journey, the injuries that slowed her down chasing her goals, and prevented her from being funded by different organizations, and also more broadl...

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I met Crystal Emmanuel, at the Track and Field Center in Toronto, where she was recovering from a harmstring injury at the time of the recording. As the 200m Canadian record holder, Crystal is a symbol of perseverance and courage; at 31, she already participated in 3 Olympics, and she is still running for medals and records, eyeing the upcoming World championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics. She...

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Audrey Lacroix is a 3-time Olympian swimmer, specialized in the 200m butterfly. Through a 16 year career, Audrey won many international medals, and also faced challenges while dealing with anxiety. We cover the importance of mental health in sport, and Audrey also brings us into her post-career projects, which include writing for the Olympian committee and community management. Follow Audrey on In...

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Ahmed Hill is player for the Montreal Alliance, the Montreal-based basketball team from the CEBL, the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Just a few days ago, he became the first player in the CEBL’s history to score 1,000 points. After a childhood in a small football-focused town in Georgia, USA, Ahmed became a dad when he was in college, and he decided to put all his efforts into making it to the...

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On today's show, we're joined by Lisa Roman, 2020 Olympic Gold medalist in rowing in the Women's eight. At the moment of our recording, Lisa was taking a break away from rowing, thinking about her career and what to do next; we talk about rowing, naturally, but most importantly we discuss mental health, and how it can be hard on the athlete to get from the adrenaline and motivation high leading to...

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Maxime Laoun is an olympic gold medalist in the 5000m relay in short track speed skating; Maxime is among the most resilient athletes I've had the chance to talk to! After a severe leg injury at the end of 2019, specialists said he might never practice speed skating again; Maxime worked harder than ever to get back on his feet (literally) and into the national team, to make it to the 2022 Olympics...

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Brendon is a Silver and Bronze Olympic medalist and World champion in the track and field 4x100m relay, alongside a previous guest of the Unfiltered Athletes podcast, Aaron Brown. Aside from Track & Field, Brendon is also very active off the track, with various businesses including car rentals and, guess what: farming! Sorry for the unusual sound quality; however I’m sure you will still love t...

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Marion Thenault is a young aerial skier from Quebec, and honestly, I was blown away by her spirit, her determination, and her self consciousness. She's 23, in the World top 3 in Aerial skiing, studies Aerospace at Concordia University, and she's planning on being one of the first carboneutral athletes thanks to a partnership with WSP. Follow Marion on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marionthe...

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Evan Dunfee is a Bronze medalist at the 2020 Olympics in Race Walking. He won his medal on the 50km race, which was since then discontinued at the Olympics, so he hopes to compete in the 20km race in Paris next year. Race walking is not a popular sport, with only a few professionals in this discipline across the globe, and Evan is one of them. He brings us through the journey that brought this you...

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Marie-Eve is a 2-time Olympian and Commonwealth champion weightlifter. During her whole career, she managed to train like crazy to be among the best weightlifters in the world, while studying and keeping an active social life. It is hard to grasp how she managed to keep such a balance in her life. After retiring from weightlifting, she became a doctor and worked in a detention center. Even though...

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In this new episode of the Unfiltered Athletes podcast, I talk with rising star, track cyclist, Nick Wammes. Culminating at 6 foot 5, Nick is a strong, powerful, yet extremely poised and well-rounded athlete, who participated in the 2020 slash 2021 Olympics in the Sprint and Keirin disciplines. Nick brings us through the day-to-day of a pro track cyclist, gives us interesting insights about the sp...

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#03 | 🚴‍♂️ Antoine Duchesne |  Listen to the latest episode of the Unfiltered Athletes podcast with Antoine Duchesne, who freshly retired from pro cycling. Join us as we dive into the captivating world of pro cycling, discussing epic travels, the significance of healthy habits, and the business behind the sport. Get inspired and tune in now for an unfiltered conversation that will leave you motiv...

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