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Elana Meyers
American
Athlete
Born:
Oct 10
,
1984
Like
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Me
People
Sports
You
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I love this sport, and I want people to have the opportunities that I have. I want the kid in the inner city to know that she can be a bobsledder one day, and I want the kid in the middle of Africa to know that she can be a bobsledder one day. So the more that we can go out there and grow the sport, the better.
Elana Meyers
Love
Day
People
Better
Opportunities
Kid
One Day
Out
City
More
Know
Sport
She
Go
Africa
Middle
Want
Grow
Inner
Inner City
Anytime you hit a curve, or you hit on the side of the wall, you hit against the side of the sled. We're taking four to five, sometimes six or seven Gs on our body every time we go down the track. And then the crashing.
Elana Meyers
Time
You
Sometimes
Down
Every
Every Time
Side
Our
Seven
Taking
Track
Go
Five
Hit
Wall
Six
Curve
Anytime
Crashing
Against
Then
Body
Four
I went to college, George Washington University, and played softball there. I also played professionally but with the real goal of being an Olympian and making the Olympic team.
Elana Meyers
College
Softball
Also
Making
Real
George
Goal
George Washington
Being
Team
Washington
Professionally
Played
Olympian
Olympic
University
If one little girl who looks like me picks up a winter sport because she sees me, that's all anybody could ever ask for.
Elana Meyers
Me
Winter
Girl
Sees
Could
Picks
Like
Sport
She
Looks
Because
Up
Anybody
Little
Little Girl
Ask
Who
Ever
I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit, and finally, we ended up in Georgia.
Elana Meyers
Father
Finally
Bit
Atlanta
Born
Football
California
Chicago
Georgia
Up
Bunch
Ended
Grew
Places
Little
Little Bit
Younger
Lived
Played
I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.
Elana Meyers
Time
Sports
Age
Care
Thought
Softball
Nine
Summer
Variety
Like
Know
Sport
Track
Up
Going
Just
Wanted
Grew
Decided
Soccer
Warm
Might
Really
Meant
Growing
Growing Up
Played
Olympian
Playing
Basketball
I played softball at George Washington University, and then I played professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice. I had a couple of tryouts with the U.S. Olympic Team, but I don't know if I have a word to describe how bad one of the tryouts was. It was the worst tryout in the history of tryouts. It was that bad.
Elana Meyers
History
Word
Softball
Worst
Bad
Bad One
Had
Know
Couple
How
George
George Washington
The History Of
Ice
Then
Team
Describe
Washington
Professionally
Played
Olympic
University
Being a brakeman is very physical, and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters.
Elana Meyers
Success
You
Physical
About
Determined
Push
Mostly
How
Very
Being
Success Is
Fast
I love who I am. But being a woman competing in a male-dominated sport and always trying to push the envelope as a female athlete, you get a lot of comparisons to men and things like that.
Elana Meyers
Love
You
Woman
Men
Athlete
Push
Envelope
Like
Sport
Female
Always
Am
Lot
Get
Trying
Being
Who
Comparisons
Things
Competing
I've encountered a lot of biases as a woman.
Elana Meyers
Woman
Biases
Encountered
Lot
We train six days a week, and each day includes some type of running or strength workout. It's all about getting functionally stronger in the positions that matter for racing, which means balancing the strength between my quads and hamstrings.
Elana Meyers
Day
Strength
Matter
Stronger
Positions
Type
Running
Some
About
Week
Between
Days
Balancing
Train
Getting
Six
Six Days
Which
Racing
Means
Workout
Each
Each Day
You could have the best run of your life and lose a race because somebody has a better day. Or you could have the worst run and win.
Elana Meyers
Life
Best
Day
You
Win
Better
Somebody
Lose
Worst
Run
Could
Because
Race
Your
My dad was a football player, and I've been the same size since eighth grade, so I get how it can be hard when you don't fit in with the 'normal-size' girls, or your butt and legs are too big for normal-size jeans.
Elana Meyers
You
Girl
Big
Too
Football
Football Player
Since
How
Been
Fit
Get
Grade
Same
Size
Legs
Eighth
Eighth Grade
Your
Hard
Jeans
Dad
Butt
Player
People win medals in all shapes and sizes! And I can't help but say that finding a fiance who loves me unconditionally at any size has played a huge role in my body confidence.
Elana Meyers
Me
Confidence
People
Win
Say
Finding
Shapes
Unconditionally
Huge
Role
Any
Fiance
Size
Sizes
Loves
Body
Help
Who
Medals
Played
Bobsled is best for athletes who are fast and strong, which were my strengths in softball.
Elana Meyers
Best
Strong
Softball
Athletes
Were
Which
Who
Fast
Strengths
If you've seen 'Cool Runnings,' it looks pretty easy. You're just riding in a sled, right? Not exactly. Bobsled actually involves a series of complex movements that aren't like those in any other sport. You put your body into a really awkward position to push a 400-pound sled downhill on ice.
Elana Meyers
You
Seen
Other
Complex
Those
Easy
Exactly
Pretty
Push
Put
Like
Involves
Sport
Looks
Any
Just
Movements
Ice
Really
Body
Your
Your Body
Cool
Downhill
Series
Riding
Actually
Right
Awkward
Position
I was always encouraged to participate in whatever sports I wanted to be in.
Elana Meyers
Sports
Whatever
Participate
Always
Encouraged
Wanted
The biggest thing for me is keeping my hair moisturized. My go-tos are the Pantene Gold Series Hydrating Butter Cream and Intense Hydrating Oil.
Elana Meyers
Me
Hair
Intense
Gold
Oil
Biggest
Biggest Thing
Cream
Series
Keeping
Butter
Thing
I'm freakishly good at squatting.
Elana Meyers
Good
I trash talk all the time.
Elana Meyers
Time
Talk
Trash
For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster.
Elana Meyers
Myself
Me
Down
Faster
Out
About
Hill
Always
How
Continually
Go
Been
Figuring
Challenging
A guy like Usain Bolt would be sick behind a bobsled.
Elana Meyers
Sick
Would
Would-Be
Guy
Like
Behind
Bolt
Sport can transcend bias.
Elana Meyers
Bias
Sport
Transcend
I train with track athletes, which is weird for bobsledders. I love training with track athletes because they help me work on my speed, and they give me something to cheer for during the Summer Olympics.
Elana Meyers
Work
Love
Me
Training
Speed
Summer
Athletes
Give
Something
Give Me
Weird
Cheer
Track
Because
Train
Which
Help
Olympics
Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right. Just shows you how powerful beliefs are and how you have the ability to change your situation and affect what happens to you. The mind is a powerful thing.
Elana Meyers
You
Change
Mind
Situation
Think
Ability
Powerful
Powerful Thing
How
Affect
Just
Happens
Whether
Your
Shows
Beliefs
Right
Thing
I'm a representative of something that's greater than myself. I'm not just representing myself or my country: I'm representing Christ and what He's done through me.
Elana Meyers
Myself
Me
Christ
Country
Something
Through
He
Greater
Than
Done
Representative
Just
Representing
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