Asking an Olympian: Periods, Mindset & Raising Champion Kids [Bronte Campbell Interview]

Use code 'FSC50' to get $50 off Bronte's sportswear brand Earthletica Bronte Campbell competed at 4x Olympic Games before the age of 30, won 3x gold medals, 1x bronze, set a world record, and became world champion in both the 50m and 100m freestyle. She's now the co-founder of athletic sportswear brand Earthletica and just closed a crowdsourced raise of $1.2M. But what she really wants you to know about elite performance and what it actually takes to win surprised me... In this conversation with Female Startup Club, Bronte gets refreshingly honest about why she's "not the most talented swimmer", what it's like training every single day next to your older sister who is faster than you, and the inner dialogue she had to learn to perform when it mattered. I wanted to know: * How Olympians actually make money (and why her first sponsorship deal was $500 A YEAR!) * The 3 traits every Olympic athlete has in common * And what really happened with the brother who went into life-saving surgery during her first Olympics This one is for the woman who has ever felt like the underdog in her own life or industry and wants the real playbook for showing up anyway. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 – Introduction 02:30 – Growing up barefoot in Malawi & deciding at 7 to be an Olympic swimmer 08:15 – The grade-3 weirdo who timed herself running laps around the school 13:40 – "98% luck": the coach, the pool at the end of the street, the genetic gift 19:20 – The 3 traits every Olympic athlete has (it's not what you think) 24:50 – Hip surgery, glandular fever & nearly losing it all at 14 30:15 – Competing against your own sister every single training session 36:00 – "I'm not the most talented swimmer in my squad. Not one time." 41:30 – The inner dialogue: positive self-talk, karaoke delusion & crying into goggles 47:10 – London 2012: qualifying at 17 & not knowing how to "look like an Olympian" 52:45 – The phone call about her brother during the closing ceremony 58:00 – Rio 2016: getting injured 4 months out & how she rebuilt her race 1:04:20 – Pain meditation & the 5-year-old left behind on a hike 1:11:00 – Periods, vomiting after races & the pill at 14 1:16:30 – The first ever pregnancy policy for Australian swimming 1:22:00 – How Olympians actually make money (& the $500 sponsorship deal) 1:29:15 – Signing your image rights to the IOC & the 6-week blackout 1:35:00 – The Raygun moment & what it was like in the village 1:41:30 – Retiring, building Earthletica & the $800k raise 1:48:00 – Sport vs business: which is actually harder 1:54:20 – Her husband Benfield refusing to weigh in on Paris 1:58:00 – Advice to young women who want to dream big 🔗 LINKS → Bronte Campbell's Instagram: www.instagram.com/brontecampbell → Earthletica: www.instagram.com/earthletica 📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe → Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub → Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin #FemaleStartupClub #BronteCampbell #Olympics #WomenInBusiness #Earthletica 📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe → Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply → Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub → Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin → Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast.