This week's blog is superbly written by Sarah Jones who competting in wrestling at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comSeptember 22, 2014
Rebecca Romero, Neil Fachie, Lizzy Yarnold. Just a handful of examples with one thing in common - they all started out in another sport previous to their success in cycling and skeleton, respectively. Neil Fachie, a former track & field athlete, recently became double commonwealth champion in para-cycling, here in Glasgow. Lizzy Yarnold made the transformation from a heptathlete into an Olympic Gold medallist in Skeleton and Rebecca Romero enjoyed Olympic success as a Team GB rower before making the switch to track cycling, in which again, she excelled and became Olympic and World Champion. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comAugust 24, 2014
Hi, my name is Ellie Richardson, I am track sprint cyclist with the Scotland Team and I had the honour of riding at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome last month! Female participation in sport is something I am passionate about from both a sporting and professional perspective so I was delighted to be approached by Scottish Women In Sport and asked to share my sporting story. (more…)
scottishwomeninsportAugust 11, 2014
This week's guest blogger is Tracy Donachie, a qualified performance psychologist. She tells us about her passion to help athletes in the field of sport psychology and how she believes sports psychologists can support young female athletes in their performance. (more…)
scottishwomeninsportAugust 4, 2014
Kimberly Murray is a full-time exercise physiologist for the SportScotland Institute of sport, who on top of a busy job competes in athletics over 200m, 400m and long jump. Despite maintaining her training schedule of 5-6 sessions a week, Kimberly is currently putting herself through the paces as a part of the UK sport talent ID process for Power2Podium; an initiative similar to Girls4Gold, which saw Lizzie Yarnold win gold at the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014. Kimberly will be non-stop treating athletes during the Commonwealth Games and as if this isn't all enough, she will be squeezing in a…
scottishwomeninsportJuly 27, 2014
This week Team Scotland weightlifter Louise Mather describes her journey to the Commonwealth Games which started as a passion for crossfit only a few years ago. (more…)
scottishwomeninsportJuly 15, 2014
This week Shannon Lynn, a professional footballer who has played women’s football in five different countries and with five different teams, tells us a little bit about her career and what lies ahead for her in the next year. (more…)
scottishwomeninsportJuly 15, 2014
This week Hannah Barnes, a professional mountain biker from Fort William tells us a bit about her achievements and her latest race at the Enduro World Series held as a part of the Tweedlove bike festival in Scotland. (more…)
scottishwomeninsportJune 17, 2014
Katie Carmichael is a Mountain Bike Cross Country Racer based in Edinburgh. At the age of 35 Katie is a late comer to the sport, only taking it up 5 years ago. Below is a blog written by Katie sharing her journey through Mountain Biking which has seen her progress quickly in the sport and competing for XC Racer. If you would like to follow Katie as her race season continues you can find more of her blogs at http://www.xcracer.com (more…)
scottishwomeninsportJune 8, 2014
