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Olympic gold medallist offers motivation tips for you!

Dragon Boat race. Photo: Telstar Logistics
As part of the Learning At Work week, Olympic gold medallist rower Ben Hunt-Davis (MBE) visited the OU campus to deliver a talk entitled ‘Will it make the boat go faster?’.

He revealed how he and the 2002 coxed eights Great Britain Olympic team were able to raise their game and focus on achieving their gold-winning goal in Sydney, and how we can all use similar lessons to succeed.

Ben is now a speaker and performance coach, having worked with sports teams including the British Olympic Association, the England Women's Rugby Team, individual sportsmen and women, and wider businesses. He is currently designing a programme to help members of Team GB perform on the most pressurised sporting stage of all, the London Olympic Games.

Here he talks to Platform on how to stay motivated during difficult study periods... 

 

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