Hamish Kerr is officially the greatest High Jumper in the world having recently won Gold at the Paris Olympics. However, what you're about to hear in this episode is an insight into the mind of the Olympic champion and you'll be amazed at how close he came to bowing out in the Qualifiers which in his mind would have meant retirement. The pressure that come on one single jump is insane and when you need to be relaxed and in flow when jumping how you handle that pressure is the difference.

Some other cool parts of this episode that should out for me was..

Growing up playing lot's of sports, playing on the wing in rugby

How at the age of 11 he was arguably faster than Rieko Ioane

His journey into High Jump and why he quit after school

An insight in to the training schedule of an individual athlete

How important your mindset in as a world class athlete

Why he wasn't keen to settle on the split gold medal

What made him take off to the middle of the Javelin field once he had won the gold

And heaps more!

As you'll hear Hamish is a very smart, open and honest man who gives so much gold (excuse the pun) in this episode. What he has done for High Jump and Athletics in this country has been massively and he is such a champion! If you enjoyed this episode please give it share and I will continue to bring you more great guests like Hamish.

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