Episode 470: Kara Winger – Four-Time Olympian and World Championships Silver Medalist
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Kara Winger is on the show today! Kara is a four-time Olympian and a World Championships Silver Medalist. She is a former American Record Holder and Diamond League Champion. She has accomplished all of this while throwing the Javelin.
I loved hearing from Kara about winning her first global medal last year.
Kara is now retired from track and field and is working for Parity Now, a company working to change the game for women athletes through powerfully inclusive and equitable brand partnerships. She tells us all about that work as well in this episode!
What we talked about:
4:15- How she got started in the javelin
8:00- Her interest in interior design
10:40- How she met her husband
14:00- Her grad work
17:20- Retiring from track
26:30- Giving coverage to field events
28:30- Medaling at the world championships and her final track season
45:45- Celebrating her medal at worlds with her husband
54:55- Being the flag bearer at the Olympics
1:01:00- Some of her favorite moments in her career and feelings heading into retirement
1:07:00- Celebrating big moments
1:09:30- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Heine. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm your host Lindsay, thanks so much for being here today. |
| 0:27.0 | I hope you are having a really great summer. |
| 0:30.0 | Today my guest on the podcast is Kara Winger. |
| 0:34.0 | Kara is a four time Olympian. |
| 0:37.0 | She's a world championship silver medalist, |
| 0:40.0 | a former American record holder, a diamond league champion, |
| 0:43.0 | and she's done all this throwing the javelin. |
| 0:46.0 | I love talking to some field athletes. |
| 0:49.0 | If you all were watching the world championships last summer |
| 0:53.0 | when she won her first global medal, |
| 0:56.0 | it was so inspiring and cool. |
| 1:00.0 | And oh my gosh, of course we talk about it in this episode. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm not going to ramble anymore because she tells the best story. |
| 1:06.0 | She is retired now from javelin throwing, |
| 1:09.0 | and she works for parody now, |
| 1:12.0 | whose mission is to change the game for women athletes |
| 1:15.0 | through powerfully inclusive and equitable brand partnerships. |
| 1:19.0 | We're going to hear all about that in the episode as well. |
| 1:23.0 | Kara is also a Purdue grad, |
| 1:25.0 | and although I'm an IU grad, |
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