Welcome to the St. Clair College Women in STEM speaker series Podcast, brought to you by the Genesis Entrepreneurship Centre, located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

This episode features Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, a professional athlete, and two-time Olympian, who took home a gold medal at the Pan American games in 2015 and a silver at the 2015 world championships.  She is is the Canadian National record holder for the women’s 800M and also competed at the 2021 summer Olympics in Tokyo.  As a competitor and in the media, she is the epitome of dedication and grace and not only an elite-level athlete but wife and mother.

Melissa shares her journey of how she got into competing in track and choosing the 800-meter race, what staying in the Olympic Village is like, any rituals or routines she has when training, and much more. We also finish off with some fun rapid-fire questions!

Tune in to hear more about Melissa’s story including:

• Who she looks up to as an athlete
• How her coach has influenced her and got her to where she is today
• What a typical day in training looks like for her
• How she manages her time being a professional athlete, a wife, and a mother
• What she would have told her 19-year old self looking back now

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