Retirement from professional sport
Subject in Careers
Retirement from professional sport has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Tomorrow, Today. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Andrea FuentesSpanish Olympic medalist in artistic swimming and national team coach
Fuentes described sports retirement at 30 as the hardest part of an athlete's career, like being born again.
“And this is the most difficult thing about sports retirement because you are 30 and it's like you're born again and like you're five”
Tomorrow, Today: Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar Natarajan (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 46:13
Fuentes argued that leaving something for a place where one will grow more is evolution rather than giving up.
“for me when you when you think there's another place where you're gonna grow more that's not giving up”
Tomorrow, Today: Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar Natarajan (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 29:51
Podcasts
- Tomorrow, Today · 1 episode
Episodes
Andrea Fuentes: Olympic Medals, Failure, Leadership & Finding Purpose | Shekhar NatarajanTomorrow, Today · Oct 17, 2026 · 1 h 28 min
Shekhar Natarajan talks with Olympic artistic swimmer and coach Andrea Fuentes about failure, fear, grief, rebuilding the US team and her coaching philosophy.