The Olympics have arrived! As the 2024 Summer Olympics kick off in the city of love and light, we’re bringing you an episode with an Olympian from the 2014 games in Sochi. Kate Hansen competed in luge, and can speak to the training, lifestyle, community, and emotions connected to being an Olympian, competing on the world stage, and life in and around a specific sport.
After the interview, Madison and Tristan discuss The Acolyte.
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Links for Kate Hansen:
- Personal Website
- Kate Hansen Health Website
- X/Twitter
- Youtube | FIL Studio
- Team USA Profile
Biography
“Totz. I got the nickname after I created the twitter handle K8ertotz as a joke, but the name stuck*
California niño, grew up surfing and skiing. Played every sport in the book until I sold my soul for 11 years to be a professional athlete in a sport called Luge. I got recruited when I was 10 years old and at 15 I moved out of the house to pursue the Olympic pipe dream. A few concussions and broken bones later, I had the opportunity to race for Team USA in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. I danced my way into the top ten and had the time of my life. Sochi was the last time I was on ice and I haven’t looked back.
I graduated from Brigham Young University and had a solid run working part-time with a mic in hand for the Dodgers and NBC Sports. I just barely learned how to put on makeup so they were kind enough to put me in front of the camera for so many years.”
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