🎙️ EPISODE 17 – FEDERICO VISMARA The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. Join us for an intimate conversation with Federico Vismara, one of Italy's top epee fencers from 2019-2024, having won many international medals and achieving immense team success before finishing 5th at the Paris Olympics and retiring at 27. Federico opens up about his "short and sweet" era of dominance, the mental toughness required at elite levels, and the difficult decision to step away from competition at his...
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🎙️ EPISODE 17 – FEDERICO VISMARA The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. Join us for an intimate conversation with Federico Vismara, one of Italy's top epee fencers from 2019-2024, having won many international medals and achieving immense team success before finishing 5th at the Paris Olympics and retiring at 27. Federico opens up about his "short and sweet" era of dominance, the mental toughness required at elite levels, and the difficult decision to step away from competition at his...
Olympic Fencer Khalil Thompson Opens Up About Mental Health Crisis & Finding Identity | Direct Elimination Ep. 16
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Olympic Fencer Khalil Thompson Opens Up About Mental Health Crisis & Finding Identity | Direct Elimination Ep. 16
🎙️ EPISODE 16 – KHALIL THOMPSON INTERVIEW The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. Olympic fencer Khalil Thompson shares his raw, unfiltered journey from struggling with depression and living in his sister's shadow to finding his own identity through sport. This powerful conversation explores the mental health challenges elite athletes face, the pressure of Olympic dreams, and how fencing became both an outlet for anger and a path to self-discovery. Khalil discusses his decade-long journ...
Direct Elimination Podcast
🎙️ EPISODE 17 – FEDERICO VISMARA The Fencing Podcast of All Fencing Podcasts. Join us for an intimate conversation with Federico Vismara, one of Italy's top epee fencers from 2019-2024, having won many international medals and achieving immense team success before finishing 5th at the Paris Olympics and retiring at 27. Federico opens up about his "short and sweet" era of dominance, the mental toughness required at elite levels, and the difficult decision to step away from competition at his...
