As part of its mission to empower and support athletes around the world, the IOC, in partnership with Intel, has the ability to provide life coaching, mentoring, and learning and development services to athletes through the Athlete365 community.
This new initiative is a direct result of Intel and the IOC’s commitment to support Olympic athletes and Olympic hopefuls who are working to address the impact of COVID-19. Benefits for athletes include access to tools to help overcome the challenges of the global pandemic.
Intel became a worldwide Olympic partner in June 2017. Intel and the IOC are working together to bring Intel’s leading technology to the Olympics by 2024. This partnership is in line with Intel’s mission to develop technologies that enrich life. Intel and the IOC will jointly deliver innovative technologies that improve the Olympic Games for both athletes and fans.
The company will offer these new additional support services, which it already offers to its employees, to a community of athletes from over 200 countries on their way to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. These services are provided through Athlete365, the IOC’s official athlete, who complements the IOC’s existing resources to support athletes at every stage of their athletic and non-athletic careers. In addition, Intel has donated various types of devices to various sports committees to help athletes continue and improve their training and stay connected.
As part of the launch of the new program at an Athlete365 webinar with athletes, IOC President Thomas Bach said: “The IOC always follows an athlete-first approach because athletes are at the heart of the Olympic movement. We look forward to working with the Intel team to support athletes around the world, but also to drive the future of the Olympics through Intel’s cutting-edge technology. This collaboration is further evidence of the support that the IOC provides to athletes’ wellbeing at every stage of their careers. “
“Athletes work tirelessly to achieve their goals. They bring the world closer together. As an Olympic partner, we see the athletes as an extension of our Intel family and would like to help in every conceivable way, especially in these challenging times. We have some great services for our Intel employees and we want to extend them to the athlete community, ”said Bob Swan, CEO of Intel.
Kirsty Coventry, chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, commented: “We are constantly listening and looking for areas where we can further strengthen and support the athlete community and its broader network, the entourage. We recently conducted an Athlete365 survey of over 4,000 athletes and Entourage members. We have heard that managing mental health and career development were two of the greatest challenges that athletes faced during the pandemic. This partnership with Intel enables us to meet these challenges with world-class services provided through our Athlete365 community platform. This is an excellent example of how we continue to drive our efforts to support athletes. and on behalf of the athlete community, I would like to thank Intel for their support. “
“There are many important corporate benefits that can help athletes take advantage of future career opportunities. This program is crucial to help athletes achieve their professional and personal goals. “- Ashton Eaton, Olympic champion and Intel employee.
Services for athletes:
Intel Employee Mentoring Services: Intel offers exclusive mentoring services from experienced Intel employees with diverse technical and non-technical backgrounds to help athletes develop significant growth opportunities as they withdraw from the competition and move on to the next phase of their lives. Intel expands the breadth of mentors by working with the IOC to include IOC employees and experienced Olympic athletes. Athletes, including Team Intel members, can use their mentors to develop new ways to compete and learn useful personal and professional skills.
Athletes webinar series: Today, Olympic champion and Intel employee Ashton Eaton, and Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Olympic program office, Rick Echevarria, will also participate in the IOC athlete webinar series. Eaton will talk about his transition from Olympic champion to Intel employee and how an Olympian prepared him for a career in technology.
Knowledge development: Intel is expanding its employee courses offered by experienced Intel employees to this Olympic community. These courses are curated and specially tailored to the relevance for the athlete audience. They build their skills on some of the most sought after and key skills that industry is looking for in the evolving professional landscape of the future. Athletes can also improve key skills that are important today and in the future by accessing topics ranging from business and technology to public speaking and branding through LinkedIn.
Performance mindset: Athletes have access to hundreds of resources for concentration, sleep, exercise and more, including content designed for recreation, competition, training and motivation during six months of Headspace Plus. In addition, athletes have access to content developed by EXOS in the area of mindset and recovery.
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