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‘The phone stopped ringing’: How retirement shock hit this Olympian

‘The phone stopped ringing’: How retirement shock hit this Olympian

15 Minutes with the Boss vor 3 Monaten

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In 2016, former Opals star player and Olympic medallist Lauren
Jackson was forced to retire. She had had 17 knee operations and
could not get on top of her injury.

“At that point, I was really aware that my identity as a
basketball player was gone,” the now-chief strategy and
basketball partnerships officer for the WNBL Australia recalls.

Since then, Jackson’s life on and off the court has taken several
turns.

In this week's episode, the former basketball player tells BOSS
editor Sally Patten about the challenges she faced when she
retired for the first and second time, and how she forged a new
career path after exiting the sport.

This podcast was sponsored by the City of Parramatta.

Further reading:

Ex-Opals star on the secret weapon transforming women’s sport

Lauren Jackson is now leading strategy for the Womenʼs National
Basketball League and she has a front-row seat to the money
flowing into the game.

How this four-time Olympian and CEO handles high-stress
situations

From injury heartbreak to Earthletica co-founder, Bronte Campbell
shares the radical shift in goal-setting that fuelled her
transition from elite sport to start-up.

Basketball-playing MD: ‘We get hit in the face and we get back up
again’

Humanity Health Group’s Dr Kylie Henderson has been playing the
sport since primary school. Here’s how the game has shaped her
management style. She answers our Time Out Q&A.

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