The sport as the science require discipline, perhaps for these women prepare for some Olympic Games it’s like going out to exercise, we don’t know. Here we share a list of seven women They have stood out for putting one eye on training and another on the laboratory, as described by the BBC.
There is a group of seven Olympic athletes in Tokyo 2020: in addition to being elite athletes of their disciplines, in their daily lives they are scientists.
1, Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria)
Anna Kiesenhofer She is a doctorate in mathematics, from the Technical University of Vienna and the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom, she won the cycling route, without a professional coach or support from anyone, she won the gold medal.
He works in research and teaching at the Technical University of Lausanne, in Switzerland.
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2. Hadia Hosny (Egypt)
Hadia Hosny finished an impressive career in badmington. After being eliminated in the group stage of the women’s badminton doubles, the Egyptian hinted at her retirement.
Hosny is a professor at the British University of Egypt, has a master’s degree in biomedicine from the University of Bath, UK, and a doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Cairo, and has researched and published articles on an anti-inflammatory drug used for various diseases. And he is a congressman in his country.
3, Charlotte Hym (France)
Charlotte Hym debuted in “street skateboarding”, when she gets off the board she is a doctor in neuroscience and her current job is to investigate the effect of the mother’s voice on the development of motor skills in newborns.
4, Gabby Thomas (United States)
Gabby Thomas was a bronze medalist in the 200 meters of athletics and is already a legend in the discipline for being the third fastest woman in history in that specialty.
Gabby studied Neurobiology and Global Health at Harvard University, is pursuing a master’s degree in epidemiology and health management at the University of Texas at Austin and her work focuses on the investigation of racial inequality in access to health services In U.S.A.
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5, Louise Shanahan (Ireland)
Louise Shanahan He was preparing for Paris 2024 but managed to qualify for Tokyo in the 800 meters of athletics.
She is a graduate of Quantum Physics from the University of Cork, Ireland, and is pursuing her PhD at the University of Cambridge, England. Studies and develops devices to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
“I like having two races because when things go wrong in the lab, I can tell myself that I’m a runner, and that’s okay,” Shanahan told the Cambridge Independent newspaper before the Tokyo Games.
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6, Nadine Apetz (Germany)
Nadine Apetz She is the first German boxer in an Olympics, has received medals in European tournaments and in the World Boxing Championship.
Nadine has a Masters in Neuroscience from the University of Bremen and hopes to complete a PhD at the University Hospital of Cologne.
Apetz is studying a technique called deep brain stimulation, which involves applying electrical or electromagnetic currents to certain areas of the brain’s “gray matter” – the goal, to help Parkinson’s sufferers.
7, Andrea Murez (Israel)
Andrea Murez She is a swimmer who participated in 50, 100 and 200 meters freestyle and 4×100 mixed relays.
But outside the pool is a biologist from Stanford University, in the US.
With information from BBC Mundo.
