My story in sport has been one of transformation. I started down this path as an underdeveloped, uncoordinated curly haired bespectacled ginger kids who defined himself by the races he won and wanted to be good at sports to prove himself to others. I am now an Olympic medalist who defines success by how hard you work in pursuit of your dreams, not the overall outcome. I am the person I am today because I chased after my passion.Long before I won my Olympic medal in the 50km race walk at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a dream that started 21 years earlier, I was living my dream. Completely transformed by the journey I've been using the lessons learned along the way and the unique skills I've developed to live a happy, confident, and purposeful life. The realization of that ultimate dream became less of a necessity and more of a very gratifying bonus. When I look back on my journey so far, the most satisfying part has been leveraging the unique skills I've developed, namely walking quickly for long periods of time, along with the platform granted to me from this pursuit to find fun and productive ways to give back to my community. Whether it's been walking 25km a day for 25 days and speaking to 25 schools to raise over $25,000 for KidSport BC or having Kraft Dinner donate over 35,000 boxes of KD to the Richmond Food Bank in my name, I think I've shown that no matter how unique and niche your skills are, if you're living your dream and passionate about it, doors will open for you to use that to help others.
Listed skills include Athletics, Healthy Living, Motivational Speaking, Sport For Life, and 1 others.