My Olympic Life with Anita DeFrantz

October 6, 2017
Hosted by Chris Cooper

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Episode Description

Would you like to make a real difference in the world? My guest Anita DeFranz was named by Newsweek as ‘One of the 150 Women Who Shake the World’ by French Magazine Le’Equipe as one of ’10 Women Who Changed Sport’ and The Sporting News as ‘One of The 100 Most Powerful People In Sport’. In 1976, Anita DeFrantz captained the U.S. women’s rowing team and won a bronze medal at the Montreal Olympic Games. Coming from a long tradition of fighting for equality and justice her story is an extremely fascinating and inspiring one. Anita, for example, amongst many other roles, is the first African-American and American woman to be a member of the International Olympic Committee and the IOC Executive Board. Having had the privilege to meet Anita,her amazing story and the lessons she shares will, I can assure you, benefit anyone wishing to make a positive impact on the world. Join me for this very special interview with Anita DeFrantz.

The Business Elevation Show with Chris Cooper - Be More. Achieve More

Friday at 8 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel

The Business Elevation Show provides the inspiration to help you elevate the success of your business, your people and yourself. If you want to grow more successful businesses and teams and become the very best you can be then this show will provide you with the insight and wisdom. It will help you to Be More to Achieve More.

Accessed in over 50 countries each month the show highlights the key principles in business and personal success with guests and host who talk from experience. It’s an energizing, warm and inspiring show that supports your journey to elevated business, entrepreneurial and personal success.

Since 2011 the show has included many very successful high achievers, entrepreneurs, speakers and subject experts from around the world who inspire others to achieve more. The Business Elevation Show airs live Fridays at 8 AM Pacific/4 PM GMT on VoiceAmerica Business.

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper helps business leaders to elevate the performance of their business, their people and themselves. With a background in major brands such as Mars Inc he worked in sales, mar-keting, HR, training, procurement and logistics to board level. His first consultancy became a multi-million pound business within 3 years.

Today, Chris helps business people elevate performance through consultancy, coaching, training, professional speaking, writing and broadcasting. His coaching programme ‘The Elevation Programme’ has helped many business owners to profitably grow their businesses since 2008.

As a speaker he talks about lessons from his book ‘The Power To Get Things Done (Whether You Feel Like It Or Not) co written with Dr Steven Levinson (published by Penguin Random House USA in December 2015).

His radio show is accessed in over 50 countries and has aired since 2011, making him a highly experienced on-line radio host. Having undertaken hundreds of interviews with international ex-perts and thought leaders he has been described as one of the most credible business experts in the UK. Chris lives in Leicestershire, England with his wife Ruth and two young boys. Hobbies include taking his soccer mad eldest son to watch Leicester City FC, playing rock guitar, keeping fit, fly fishing and transforming his Victorian home and garden into a beautiful space.

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