Chasing the Olympic Trials Dream at 46 with Gabrielle Rose (Episode 191)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Many of us grew up with implicit–and sometimes explicit–messages to be small, both in our physical selves and in our power. Now, as we hit midlife, we’re increasingly rejecting those BS limitations and seeing just how powerful we can be. That’s exactly what two-time Olympian Gabrielle Rose did in her mid-40s when she set her sights on the 2024 Olympic Trials, were she achieved personal bests in both the 100- (1:08.32) and 200-meter breaststroke (2:30.13), advancing to the semifinals as the oldest competitor on deck at age 46, exactly 20 years after her last Olympic Trials in 2004. We talk all about her history in the sport and how her training has evolved over the decades, as well as what led to her comeback and how it has completely lit a fire for her future.

Gabrielle Rose competed in the 1996 games for Brazil. In 2000, at the age of 22, she swam for Team USA at the Games in Sydney. She pursued her Olympic dreams through 2004, but unfortunately was struck by mononucleosis and missed a spot on the US team, leaving her swimming dreams on the table, until 20 years later. Rose is a mom of a 9-year-old daughter and coaches swimmers in California where she resides. She is the executive director of The Rose Foundation, which invests in athletic facilities and educational opportunities in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, particularly aimed at benefiting at-risk populations in the city.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.0	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:33.4	I hope you all are well.
0:35.3	I have a real treat for you this week. I had the opportunity to sit down
0:40.6	with two-time Olympic swimmer Gabrielle Rose, who earlier this summer set the record for being
0:46.4	the oldest semifinalist in U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials history at age 46. And she not only qualified, but she set a series of personal bests.
0:58.4	She won her preliminary heat in the 100-meter breaststroke with a personal best time of 108-43.
1:05.0	And if that wasn't fast enough, she bettered that time in the semifinals at 108-32.
1:14.2	She also advanced to the women's 200-meter breaststroke semifinals by winning her preliminary heat with another personal best time of 2.30.13. She did not make
1:21.6	it to the Olympics, but as you'll hear in this episode, wasn't really the end game this time around.
1:29.1	Rose has a history in the Olympics. She competed in the 1996 games for Brazil. Then again, she competed for Team USA four years
1:36.1	later at age 22. And as she was going into the push for the 204 games, she got sick and she did not make the cut for that team.
1:47.8	So she put her swimming dreams on the table until 20 years later.
1:52.8	And we talk all about that swimming history, what led to her Olympic trials comeback,
1:58.4	and how it has completely lit a fire for her future. I hope you enjoy this
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