Passion to Potential to Paris with Fliss Pickard

About this episode

Fliss Pickard shares her journey as a Paralympic athlete and discusses overcoming challenges in her pursuit of excellence in table tennis.

Episode 15 We are joined by Paralympic doubles bronze medalist and World Championship doubles gold medalist Fliss Pickard! Since joining the GB para squad, Fliss has had an incredible journey, battling with physical and mental barriers as she came through the ranks. I speak to Fliss about how she came to table tennis, the hurdles along the way especially following a difficult Asperger’s diagnosis and her aspirations to become the best in the world. Socials Follow us: ⁠ ⁠@servinguptroublepod⁠⁠ Follow Fliss: ⁠⁠Facebook Tip of the Week: ⁠⁠ @jackhstt Champion of the Week: ⁠⁠ @shin_yubin_

People in this episode

Guest: Fliss Pickard

Topics covered

• Paralympic sports
• table tennis
• mental health
• Asperger's

Keywords

• bronze medalist
• gold medalist
• GB para squad

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Passion to Potential to Paris

Places: GB

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