Girls Only Project
A podcast about all things women in sport. We share athletes stories from around the world as well as tackle the real issues girls and women face, be it body image, mental health or inequality.
Episodes
46 episodes
Naomy Grand'Pierre
Naomy Grand’Pierre is a Haitian swimmer who made history as the first female swimmer to represent Haiti in the Olympic Games.Naomy and I chat about the pressure that comes with being an Olympic athlete before, during and after competing...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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41:54
Cynthia Bolingo
Cynthia is a Belgium sprinter who lives by the saying "if you put your mind to it you can do anything".I chatted to Cynthia about a lot of the challenges she has faced, not only in her sport but also culturally. She stands by her motto ...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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42:27
Beitske Visser
Beitske Visser is a Dutch racing driver. She has raced in kart, single-seater, GT and prototype series.Being an athlete in male dominated sport has definitely had its challenges, but speaking to Bietske she hasn't let anything stand in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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31:10
Jasmin Stowers
Jasmin is a former American track and field athlete who competed in the 100m hurdles.Jasmin has seen some pretty tough times in her career and had to make some hard decisions that brought her career to an end because of things out of he...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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43:38
Banele Shabangu
Banele Shabangu is the reigning South African 200m sprint national champion and is now ready to make the step up after she was promoted to the senior ranks.Banele oozes positivity as she speaks about her ambition to dominate the domesti...
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24:54
Beatrice Masilingi
Beatrice Masilingi is a Namibian sprinter. At the age of 18, she placed sixth in the women's 200 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, having made the final along with fellow Namibian sprinter and eventual silver medallist Christine Mboma....
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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27:53
Dr Seun Adigun
Dr. Seun Adigun, is a Nigerian bobsledder, and track and field runner (who specialized in the 100m Hurdles) is the first ever Summer & Winter Olympian from the continent of Africa. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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53:00
Zinhle Ndawonde
Zinhle is a Springbok rugby player, both in 15's and 7's. She is also a firefighter at the King Shaka International Airport in Durban.We spoke about the obstacles Zinhle faced as a child growing up in the township and how she used rugby...
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31:27
Emily Hawgood
Emily is an Ultra Trail runner. She originally was interested in Cross Country running and even spent some time in the pool as well as doing Triathlon. She eventually found herself on the trails and hasn't looked backed!We chat about he...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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47:37
Breeana Walker
Bree is an Australian bobsledder. She started her a career on the athletics track but made the transition to bobsled in 2016.Bree has really made a name for herself as a bobsledder with her recent 5th place at the Beijing 2022 Win...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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43:23
Sarah Douglas
Sarah is a Canadian competitive sailor. She is the reigning Pan American Champion in the Laser Radial event and also competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she placed 6th.Not only is Sarah an exceptional sailor but sh...
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37:11
Caradh O'Donovan
Caradh is a former World and European Champion kickboxer. After a successful career in the sport she made the switch to karate in 2017 working towards representing Ireland at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She unfortunately decided to retire before m...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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46:46
Lucy Grills
Lucy has represented Australia in Junior, U21 and Open Australian teams for Polocrosse.Together with her family, Lucy owns and operates Berragoon Australian Stock Horse Stud: a reproduction facility for breeding horses. Berragoon was es...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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54:24
Katie Spada
Katie is a former competitive synchronised swimmer, now a Dietician Nutritionist working with athletes current and retired to support them in their relationship with food.We cover so many topics in this podcast; retirement, transition s...
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48:35
Lia Neal
Lia Neal is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In 2016, she won a silver medal...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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52:42
Caitlin Rooskrantz
Caitlin is an SA and Olympic Gymnast having just competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Caitlin made history in that she was the first SA gymnast of colour to qualify for the Olympic Games. Her training partner Naveen Daries also late...
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57:49
Jacquie Minnaar
Jax is a SA Polocrosse player and was the youngest member of the 2019 SA World cup side.Jax started playing Polocrosse at a young age and made her first senior side at 16yrs old!Jax is a young, vibrant, confident and determined ...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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35:44
Janice Josephs
Janice Josephs is a South African Heptathlete turned long jumper.She finished nineteenth at the 2004 Olympic Games and fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. On the regional level she won a silver medal at the 2004 African Championships a...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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41:10
Karla Mostert
Feeling so privileged to have spoken to netball Superstar Karla Mostert.Karla has such a positive outlook on everything and has worked super hard to get to where she is today!I spoke to Karla about some of the challenges she has...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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46:00
Christie Mackenzie
Christie is a 2 x Dusi Canoe Marathon Champion - one of the premier canoe marathons in the world- and a Canoe Marathon Championship bronze medalist. Currently studying her honours in psychology, Christie see's the importance of the...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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39:57
Kgothathso Montjane
KG didn't have it easy and followed a different Journey to most, taking part in a sport she knew very little about, but she is loving her journey and I know we have only just seen the beginning of many success's ahead for her!KG has par...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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45:45
Katie Hoff
Katie Hoff is a former American competitive swimmer, she is an Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Katie was known for her success in the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley.She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Ga...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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50:37
Sage Watson
Sage Watson is a Canadian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. Competing internationally for Canada, she is the reigning Pan American champion in the 400 m hurdles, having also won Pan American medals in 2015 and 2019 as part ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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58:30