Episode #33: Kaleigh Gilchrist talks 'Mamba Mentality' & the strange place she keeps her Olympic gold

We Run This

English - February 16, 2021 13:35 - 45 minutes - 83.9 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode #32: Brian Gross found himself running a half-marathon in an incredibly unlikely place - North Korea

Next Episode: Episode #34: Nick Willis tells us how he's run a sub-4 every year FOR THE LAST 19 YEARS

Our guest on the show this week is Olympic gold medal winner, Kaleigh Gilchrist.

Born and raised in Newport Beach, California, Kaleigh was drawn to the water as a kid and fell in love with both surfing and water polo almost immediately.

Kaleigh competed at the World Surfing Games for five consecutive years in her teens while helping her high school team to win a California Interscholastic Federation water polo championship. She also won back-to-back USA Surfing Under 18 Championships during high school.

Fast forward a few years and Kaleigh found herself representing Team USA in Rio winning an Olympic Gold Medal in water polo and is now splitting her time on the World Surf League Qualifying Surf Series and in the pool with Team USA.

It was during this time that Kaleigh struck up a friendship with another Team USA member - Kobe Bryant.

In this interview, Kaleigh discusses her attraction to the water, surfing almost since birth, striking up a friendship with the basketball legend, preparing to play in front of empty arenas, and the really weird place she keeps her gold medal.

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