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The volleyball group is becoming a member of folks internationally to mark Worldwide Girls’s Day, Tuesday 8 March.
Sport has performed an enormous position in serving to to #BreakTheBias, with feminine sports activities leaders each on and off the sporting area, serving to to encourage ladies to forge equality.
Seashore Volleyball Olympic Gold Medalist, Natalie Cook dinner, grew to become a family title after claiming gold with teammate Kerri Pottharst on the Sydney 2000 dwelling Olympics. Cook dinner’s enjoying profession was simply the beginning, together with her document off the court docket achievements equally spectacular.
The five-time Olympian has held management roles throughout sport, together with serving because the President of the Queensland Olympic Committee.
Cook dinner stated she hoped her and Pottharst’s win in Sydney confirmed so many younger ladies what is feasible if you goal excessive.
“The extra we see (ladies) on TV and the extra we see within the paper and the extra ladies’s achievements are highlighted and uplifted and elevated, the extra younger women and girls wish to be higher at no matter they select to do in life, not simply sport,” stated Cook dinner.
“I feel it’s usually main from the entrance and main by instance… not a lot with the intention to encourage and lead others, however that’s simply how a variety of ladies athletes run their life. They simply do one of the best they'll do.
“I used to rise up day-after-day eager to be higher and eager to dwell in a state of what Kerri [Pottharst] and I known as ‘gold medal excellence’, which was elevating the bar and being one of the best we may very well be at every thing, not simply on the court docket however off the court docket,” she stated.
When she began to embark on her post-athlete profession, Cook dinner stated she wasn’t too conscious of the ‘bias’ that existed for ladies, and he or she approached her profession with motivation that she might attain the best stage.
“I didn’t find out about bias to start with, I didn’t find out about ‘glass ceilings’ and I didn’t know that I probably wasn’t presupposed to do issues.
“So breaking the bias is definitely setting a thoughts set and setting targets and setting ambitions for me as an individual no matter what’s on the market.
“Begin with the top in thoughts. If there was no bias… and there was no glass ceiling what would you be doing? Then set that intention and set that aim after which work on that,” stated Cook dinner.
With regards to attaining targets each on and off the court docket, Cook dinner has some nice sensible ideas which have helped her all through her profession.
“My greatest recommendation is constructing relationships and networking. Typically if there’s a minority and also you’re not in an surroundings the place there’s a lot of females and that’s the place you’re snug, then it's a must to study to develop skilled working relationships with males and enrol in programs and get expertise.
“Simply discover one thing little to work on to ensure you’re holding your skilled growth up. Have a mentor within the space you’re making an attempt to get higher in and put your hand up and say ‘I’ll have a go’.
“Encompass your self with individuals who can help you on that journey. Have a go even for those who don’t know, then run some growth and training alongside that.
“No matter you wish to do, discover somebody who has accomplished it and ask them for assist,” she stated.
22 years after the Sydney 2000 Olympic Video games, Cook dinner has turned her sights to the following Australian dwelling Olympics at Brisbane 2032. A proud Queenslander, Cook dinner is hoping athletes could have the chance to benefit from the runway to 2032 and the prospects a house Video games will current.
“My hope for any Queensland or Australian athlete is that they get to expertise a house Video games, like I used to be very fortunate to do in Sydney.
“I hope we get the most important quantity we’ve ever had reaching the highest of the rostrum in 2032 and to expertise dwelling success, that may be particular.
“Alongside the best way, that dream and aspiration will carry many others to put on the inexperienced and gold, and that can carry many others to play membership sport, to hop off the sofa and be wholesome.
“We wish increasingly more folks to be impressed to stroll, run, swim, play sport, be energetic as a result of it’s higher for well being… bodily and psychological well being.
“By driving that message and hopefully our Olympic athletes encourage folks to have a go, we’ll see extra folks enjoying sport, we’ll see extra folks eager to put on the inexperienced and gold after which extra folks representing Australia on the Olympics,” stated Cook dinner.
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