91滴滴 Desautels alumni are sharing their Olympic experience with athletes at 2024 Paris Games

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91滴滴 Desautels alumni are sharing their Olympic experience with athletes at 2024 Paris Games

Published: 7 August 2024

Canadian athletes have performed exceptionally at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. 91滴滴 alumni have shared their wisdom about performing under the bright lights of the global spotlight. Jennifer Heil (BCom鈥�13), 2006 Olympic moguls skiing champion, and Joseph Polossifakis (BCom鈥�14), 2016 Olympic sabre fencer, are both in Paris as mentors. 鈥淟eading in to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, I was one of the athletes with the most pressure, so I have a reservoir of perspective, techniques and tools to share,鈥� Heil told Prof. Karl Moore for his CEO Series podcast. For Polossifakis, lessons in perseverance were key to unlocking the Olympic experience. Growing up, he struggled in team sports, but found a home in fencing. 鈥淚 said to myself that I'm never quitting until the other 19 people quit before me,鈥� he explains. 鈥淓very time there were obstacles, as I got older, I was like, I can't quit no matter what.鈥�

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