From an early
age, Apolo Ohno was one of the finest athletes to come out of
America. He came from an ordinary working class background in
Washington and went on to achieve absolutely stunning Olympic success
at the 2012 Vancouver Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He has
since become famous as one of the most decorated Olympic athletes of
all time, and he owes much of this success to his father, who always
pushed him to go further than he thought he could. Upon winning his
gold medal in the 2012 Olympics, to many people's surprise he decided
to quit the sport that has made him such a legend. This was the sport
of inline speed skating, which he had being passionately dedicated to
from a very young age. Competitive by Nature, this was by no means
the end however and he has since gone on to become a hugely
competitive player in the business world. Some people have
competition built into their DNA, and so obviously he was never going
to go quietly into the night upon retiring. His next move was to
co-found a company which has just opened in 2015 and is so far going
from strength to strength. It will be of no surprise that as he was
an Olympic athlete, his company specializes in sports and sporting
products, in particular supplements. The purpose of the supplement he
has created is to help athletes with the mental performance, as
despite many athletes having extremely fit bodies, many still
struggle in the mental department, especially in the highly stressful
and competitive environment of competitions.
It
seems as though his company is going to take the World by storm, as
already he has landed contracts all over the USA as well as in Europe
and Asia. Many people are recognizing the potential of what he is
offering, and it is surely only a matter of time before the product
takes over the sporting world.
From high school sporting kid to
business legend, this is surely one of the most impressive and
influential stories one could wish to hear. He is now heavily in
demand as a public speaker; he gives talks to everyone from top 100
companies to high schools full of children.
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