Adriana Ruano's Remarkable Olympic Moment

About this episode

Adriana Ruano shares her journey from a shattered Olympic dream to winning Guatemala’s first gold medal in trap shooting.

When a shattered Olympic dream left Adriana Ruano with six broken vertebrae and no future in gymnastics, she redirected her discipline into trap shooting and went on to win Guatemala’s first-ever gold medal, proving that resilience isn’t bouncing back — it’s redirecting forward. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Brant Menswar

Guest: Adriana Ruano

Topics covered

• resilience
• Olympics
• gymnastics
• trap shooting
• personal growth

Keywords

• Olympic dream
• resilience
• trap shooting
• gold medal
• Guatemala

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Guatemala

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