The judoka Vanessa Zambotti already has five years of having retired from high performanceand now he is dedicated to working with the Pan American Judo Confederation, he also helps in the organization of sporting events such as the Senior Games México de León, but the beginning of the path of his working life was not easy since he was asked for experience.
“After retirement it was difficult because while I was competing and representing Mexico many people acquired work experience and I didn’t have it., and it’s the first thing they ask you when you get a job, so that was the most complicated thing after retirement. I dedicate myself to social networks and visual communication, and they asked me to have experience and where I had worked, but I just left, and the only experience was the knowledge I acquired at the University and what I did on my social networks Zambotti stated.
Vanessa, who studied Social Communication, finally found a job as media director at the Pan American Judo Confederationin addition to marketing in another international company, and as if that were not enough, she is also an organizer of sporting events.
After her retirement, people close to her questioned why she was not a coach after so many years in high performance, and participating in four Olympic Games, however, The former judoka was clear in saying that for this she needed to have professional preparation, and not just be based on her experience as an athlete.
“Many people ask me why you were not a coach, but for that you must have a vocation and you must have knowledge, and I did not study to be a coach but for social networks, digital marketing,” said the athlete.
Vanessa was left with that little thorn of getting an Olympic medal and even still has a bad taste in her mouth that she had in London 2012 where she was eliminated in the first round and in just 88 seconds.
“I felt very bad, I was depressed for a long time, it took me a while to get out of that depression because you don’t prepare to lose, but to win, and at that moment it was my internal issues, I totally blocked myself and I felt a lot of pressure at that moment. However, in the most difficult moments judo has helped me, but those London 2012 Olympics were somewhat traumatic”, he pointed out.
