Rosie Popa

BIO

Rosemary (Rosie) Popa is an Australian Olympic and World Championships Rower who won Olympic Gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Rosie was a student athlete at the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied a Bachelors of Sociology. She is also the founder of Rosemary Local, a small business that supports, connects and empowers local artisans. As a public speaker, Rosie talks openly and honestly about the importance of teamwork, leadership, self belief, preparation, visualisation, and resilience, as well as overcoming obstacles, and appropriately and positively addressing fear, as the key pillars to achieving high performance - in sport, business, and life. Over a 15 year rowing career Rosie has been presented with an array of opportunities, has had to overcome internal and external challenges, and created a unique path to ultimately becoming an Olympic Champion. Rosie seeks to inspire listeners, and help them become the happiest, most successful people they can be.

SKILLS

Eliter Performance | Teamwork | Leadership | Preparation | Visualisation | Determination | Resilience | Dealing with Pressure | Overcoming Challenges

ACHIEVEMENTS

Olympian - Australian (Rowing) Medal of the Order of Australia Olympics - Tokyo (2020) Olympic Medals - Gold (2020) Coxlees Four Olympic Record - (2020) Coxless Four World Championships - Silver (2019) | Bronze (2018) Henley Royal Regatta (2018) - Remenham Challenge Cup Winner University of California, Berkeley NCAA Championships (2011 to 2014) Represented both Australia and USA