Our Athletes' Journey: Recent Episodes
Queensland Academy of Sport
Follow the journey of Queensland Academy of Sport supported athletes from their humble beginnings to now as they target Tokyo for the 2021 Olympic Games.
Tokyo 200m sprinter Riley Day joins Matt Denny prior to the Games to walk through her journey to making the Australian team.
Matty Denny gets on the pod with Dane Sampson to learn about his journey into Sports Shooting heading to another Olympic Games.
Matty Denny takes over the Podcast and called up Decathlon star Cedric Dubler to learn about his journey from starting with every sport that he could try to now heading to Tokyo for his second Olympics.
From Olympics and Paralympics to V8 SuperCars, NRL, Tennis and more, Jonah Oliver takes us on his journey helping elite athletes focus on the right thing at the right time.
Talent identification and transfer are at the heart of Lawrie Fabian's journey to leading the QAS Prospecting 4 Gold program.
From an internship at the AIS, Performance Scientist Lachlan Mitchell takes us on his journey to his dream position at the QAS working with Swimming Australia's elite athletes.
Benn Lees takes Mark Knowles on his journey to becoming Head Coach for the under 20's Australian Water Polo women's squad.
Ivan Hooper talks to Mark Knowles about the differences and similarities he's found in working across multiple sports.
Will Brown takes us through his journey to the Queensland Academy of Sport and the appeal of working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach across multiple sports.
Mark Knowles sits down the Senior Performance Scientist Trish King to retrace her journey from the U.K. to the Brisbane Broncos and then on to the Queensland Academy of Sport.
Mark Knowles takes Our Athletes' Journey beyond the athletes and into their support network starting with Kerry Leech. A QAS Performance Health panel member and our QAS Dietitian Representative at the National level, Leech is currently helping to lead the QAS review into internal processes and guidelines around Disordered Eating and discusses her goal of this "not being an issue" in the future.
From being written off as someone who would "never be a swimmer" to now eyeing his place in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, this is Zac Stubblety-Cook's athletes' journey.
Mark Knowles uncovers how Performance Scientist Nick Smith started his journey to now working with Olympic swimmers at the QAS.
As part of the QAS Mental Wellbeing Month, Dietitian Kellie Hogan touches on the role that nutrition plays in overall wellbeing.
Whether in athletics or snowboarding, Paralympian Simon Patmore has reached the highest of highs but joins the QAS Mental Wellbeing Month to talk about some of the lowest of lows in his journey and how he managed to work through it with the support of those around him.
Mark Knowles sits down with swimming star Lakeisha Patterson to talk through her amazing Rio campaign and closing ceremonies as we wrap up on what would have been the 2020 Paralympics closing ceremony date.
Chris Bond share his story about his love of sport with Natalie Cook from trying swimming to eventually finding his calling with wheelchair rugby.
Wheelchair basketballers - and couple - Ella Sabljak and Matt McShane take some time out of their jam packed schedule to share their journey.
Brenden Hall takes Mark Knowles on his journey from a young kid loving swimming to becoming a 'veteran' of the Paralympic Games.
Janine Watson is a three-time Para-Taekwondo World Champion and takes Mark Knowles through her journey as she targets Tokyo 2021.
Curtis McGrath tells Mark Knowles about his journey from being a Combat Engineer in Afghanistan to becoming a Paralympian.
Proud Indigenous athlete Torita Blake shows us the bond between her and her coach Wayne.
Nat finishes off her two-part episode with Gerrard Gosens as transfers his talent to para-triathlon.
Nat Cook joins the Paralympian Gerrard Gosens in his pursuit to achieve para-triathlon success after a long successful running career.
Mark Knowles catches up with Para-canoe start Susan Seipel about her bronze medal in Rio, her former life in equestrian and swimming and her volunteering work.
Nat and Mark take us on a journey meeting some of the greats Queensland Academy of Sport supported Paralympians starting with cyclist Chris Scott.
On what would have been the day of the 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony, Nat and Mark reflect on the series and past experiences at closing ceremonies.
Mark Knowles joins Tamieka Whitefield as she takes us through the rollercoaster of Softball dropping in and out of the Olympics.
With the delay to her fourth Olympics, Bronwen Knox will have to fight for her spot as she balances her recent admission to the bar as a legal practitioner.
Mark Knowles sits down with 'one of the best thinking minds' in the Australian men's hockey team, the Kookaburras, Tim Howard.
Nat Cook gets thrown into the deep end with Kiera Gazzard, one of three Australian Artistic Swimmers who will make their Olympic debut in Tokyo 2021.
Fresh out of the gym, big Matt Denny joins Mark Knowles to talk the balance of power and technique in the art of discus.
From the hard court to the beach, Nat Cook catches up with one of best beach volleyballers in the world, Taliqua Clancy.
Nat Cook hits the range with Olympic archer Taylor Worth as he targets Tokyo for his third Olympics.
Mark Knowles becomes the third wheel when catching up with married Kayakers Alyce (nee Burnett) and Jordan Wood.
Nat Cook finally catches up to the one they call 'The Birdman', Dane Bird-Smith to understand his journey to being an Olympic race walker.
Mark Knowles sits down at home with Aussie Sailor Mat Belcher to talk through his Olympic campaigns.
Nat Cook is joined by open water swimmer Kareena Lee after an early morning session in Noosa ahead of Lee's Olympic debut.
Join Australian Olympians Natalie Cook and Mark Knowles as we embark on a journey towards the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games with just a year to go. Starting with the Opening Ceremony, Cook and Knowles relive some of their memories from their respective campaigns.