My special guest is Matthew Levy. Matthew is one of Australia’s elite swimmers. His record speaks for itself he has competed at 4 consecutive Paralympic Games and has won 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronzes. He has been to 5 World Championships winning over 20 International Medals and holding 4 world records. He has an Order of Australia Medal and his amazing journey started when he was born premature at 25 weeks and with Cerebral Palsy. Over the years Matt has had over 40 major operations.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
3:20 – Welcome Matt Levy
4:10 – Adversity and being born premature and cerebral palsy
5:20 – Childhood reflection
7:11 – Love of Swimming
9:05 – Progression in Swimming
10:20 – The team veteran
11:00 – Advice on improving
12:10 – His work load
13:40 – Nationals
15:10 – Work/Life Balance
16:01 – Making up a size difference
18:00 – Disability classification
19:37 – Meeting amazing people in the Paralympics
20:15 – Leadership
21:42 – Paralympics
24:11 – Typical day in the life of Matt Levy
25:10 – Being vision impaired
26:00 – What gets him up in the morning?
31:12 – Involvement with Charities
32:15 – Education on Premature Babies
34:00 – School and growing up
34:44 – World Championships vs Paralympic games
36:40 – His walk out and what goes through his head
38:00 – The importance of the process
39:40 – Adjusting for the relay
41:25 – Breaking a World Record
42:20 – Proudest moment
43:00 – Getting an Order of Australia
44:15 – Leaders he admires
45:20 – How he defines success
46:19 – Favorite venue to swim locally and overseas
48:49 – 5 people he would invite to private dinner party
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