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Author Talk: ‘Far Beyond Gold’
Olympian gold medalist and World Champion hurdler Sydney McLaughlin wrote Far Beyond Gold to share the faith empowering her to become a world-class athlete at an extremely young age. Inspiring any audience, McLaughlin digs into her experiences in track and field to discuss self-empowerment in the face of adversity, growing through mistakes, and approaching success with eyes wide open.
Overcoming Obstacles to Make Your Dreams Come True
Sydney McLaughlin inspires every audience with empowering and inspiring messages on overcoming obstacles, learning and evolving from your mistakes, and staying open to new experiences. McLaughlin helps us see that our dreams are possible with hard work, perseverance and determined pursuit.
Finding Purpose Through Faith
Sydney McLaughlin’s faith is a foundational aspect of everything she does and how she defines herself. In this talk, she shares her faith journey, and how God established her steps which helped her achieve the success she's had today. She shares her personal story as a beautiful representation of what is possible with God.
Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin shares how faith shaped her success in ‘Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith’
What fears are in your way or holding you back? How do you want to become stronger?
Olympic and World Champion hurdler SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN knows about facing down obstacles, and she wants to help you answer these questions as she shares her personal story of struggles and victories, of faith and transformation. In Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith, McLaughlin shares aspects of her life story and personhood she has never shared publicly before, offering a more complex picture of who she is. The youngest U.S. Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972, McLaughlin set both junior world and NCAA records in her successful pursuit of gold at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Sydney McLaughlin’s empowering voice fuels a deep discussion of the obstacles she overcame to become one of the top track and field athletes in the U.S. at such a young age. Drawing on her faith, McLaughlin explores her shift from anxiety to boldness, from limits to freedom, and from perfectionism to purpose in Far Beyond Gold. McLaughlin inspires every audience with empowering and inspiring messages on overcoming obstacles, learning and evolving from your mistakes, and staying open to new experiences.
Watch Sydney share her testimony at Point of Light Ministries here >>
Speaker Spotlight: Olympian and Track and Field Champion Sydney McLaughlin Gives Inspiring, Empowering Talks About Her Life and Career
Olympic Track and Field athlete SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN was featured as a TIME Magazine “2021 TIME100 Next” honoree, which recognizes emerging leaders. As recognizable as she is on the track, she is also known for being an inspiring role model since giving a notable and headline-making speech about overcoming obstacles to become one of the top young track and field athletes in America. Since then she’s consistently given empowering and inspiring talks on overcoming every obstacle, perseverance, learning and evolving from your mistakes, staying open to new experiences, and the pursuit of success.
As the youngest U.S. Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972, she’s set a junior world record in the 400m hurdles at the 2016 U.S. Olympic team trials, won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 400m hurdles, and is the current NCAA record-holder in the 400m hurdles. She’s well-recognized in her sport, as the Gatorade National Girls Athlete of the Year two years in a row and the face of New Balance. Heading into her second Olympic Games at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, L'OOFFICIEL wrote a profile on McLaughlin, detailing her career and journey.
The youngest U.S. Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972, Sydney McLaughlin set a junior world record in the 400m hurdles at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. She also won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 400m hurdles, and is the current NCAA record-holder in the 400m hurdles. She broke her own World Record in the women's 400 meter hurdles to win the gold in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Named the Gatorade National Girls Athlete of the Year, two years in a row, McLaughlin gave a moving—and headline-making—speech about how she overcame obstacles to become one of the top young track and field athletes in America.
Having left the University of Kentucky to pursue a professional career, McLaughlin is also a face of New Balance.
Known for one of her personal mottos, "the only limit is myself," McLaughlin offers empowering and inspiring remarks on overcoming every obstacle, perseverance, learning and evolving from your mistakes, staying open to new experiences, and the pursuit of success.
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