Episode 122: Alana Nichols

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Five-time Paralympian and 3-time Paralympic gold medalist Alana Nichols joins Laughter Permitted to talk about how a snowboarding accident as a teenager led to her being paralyzed from the waist down, the serendipitous moment in college she discovered wheelchair basketball and how adaptive sports gave her a renewed sense purpose. Alana shares her approach to taking on challenges and why she's willing to set ridiculously big dreams. Plus, Julie totally geeks out over Alana getting barreled while wave skiing. Have a question for Julie and Lynn? Send them an email at [email protected].

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally.
0:03.0	Do It Right.
0:04.0	Hello.
0:06.0	Welcome to Laughter Permitted.
0:07.0	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:08.0	I'm Lynn Ozzowie.
0:10.0	And if you right now are looking for a little dose of inspiration or a lot of dose of inspiration,
0:17.0	we have you covered.
0:19.0	Do we ever have you covered?
0:22.0	Our guest is Paralympian Elena Nichols who is a five-time
0:28.2	Paralympian and the first woman to win gold in both the summer and winter Paralympics.
0:35.0	She won gold in wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics
0:39.0	and then learn the sport of adaptive skiing and won two more gold medals at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics.
0:48.0	She's also competed in Para Canoe at the 2016 Rio Games and as impressive as she is as an athlete.
0:58.0	Just wait until you hear how she humans.
1:02.0	Elena is crushing it as a human.
1:05.1	You'll hear it when she tells her full story.
1:07.1	So get comfortable listening.
1:10.6	It's Elena Nichols.
1:12.1	Kickle's. Kickles. Kick back, relax, and unwind.
1:17.0	Let's have a good time finding the joy in light.
1:22.0	We're smiling so bright talking and laughing combined. Feeling all right
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