Episode 561: Katie Moon – Two-Time World Champion & Olympic Gold Medalist
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
I’m so excited to welcome back the incredible Katie Moon to the podcast! This marks her third appearance on the show, and she’s got quite the impressive resume—she’s a two-time world champion and an Olympic gold and silver medalist in pole vaulting. Most recently, she brought home a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, following her amazing gold medal win at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Our first conversation was back in 2016, when Katie was grappling with the disappointment of missing the Olympic team for Rio. We discussed her journey toward making her first Olympic appearance, which she achieved in 2021, culminating in that stunning gold medal.
It’s been an absolute honor to watch Katie’s career unfold over the years. She has so much insight to share about the mental aspects of training and the challenges of pole vaulting. This sport demands incredible mental stamina, and Katie opens up about her experiences navigating that journey.
In this episode, she also shares insights from a recent big move in her life and what this exciting point in her career means to her. Whether you’re a die-hard pole vault fan or new to the sport, I hope you find inspiration in Katie’s story. You won’t want to miss this insightful and engaging conversation!
What we talked about:
3:45- Recapping Katie’s Olympic experience
19:25- The mental side of the sport
24:25- What motivates her in the sport
27:25- How age plays a role in sport
28:05- Career aspirations outside of sport
32:30- The controversy of the Nike uniforms
38:10- Her hometown and college team
41:45- Being a field athlete
45:30- Athletic endeavors outside of polevault that she enjoys
53:00- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
Katie on Episode 334 of the I’ll Have Another Podcast
Katie on Episode 142 of the I’ll Have Another Podcast
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Beach Read
A Fatal Affair
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. Hey everybody. Welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. I'm your host Lindsay. Thanks for being |
| 0:23.8 | here today. Really excited to bring returning guest Katie Moon back on the |
| 0:28.3 | podcast. This is Katie's third time on the show. She is a two-time world champion, |
| 0:36.6 | an Olympic gold and silver medalist in the pole vault. |
| 0:40.4 | She is a Nike athlete, and this year at the Paris Olympics. |
| 0:45.0 | She took home a silver medal. |
| 0:47.0 | In 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics, she took home a gold medal. |
| 0:50.0 | So the first time I interviewed Katie on this podcast was I believe it was 2016. |
| 0:56.1 | I don't even know if you can find the episode on my feet anymore. But she had missed making |
| 1:02.4 | the 2016 Olympic team in Rio, and so we talked about that in her |
| 1:08.1 | path to making her first Olympic team, which she did in 2021, and brought home a gold medal. |
| 1:15.6 | So yeah, it's been really fun and it's been an honor to watch Katie's career as she's progressed |
| 1:22.2 | over the years. She has a lot to say about the |
| 1:26.0 | mental side of training and pole vaulting and what that's been like for her. |
| 1:31.2 | It's been a challenge. |
| 1:32.8 | It's hard. |
| 1:33.5 | Polvalting is a sport that you have to have a lot of mental |
| 1:37.7 | stamina to compete in. |
| 1:40.4 | And Katie lets us in on that a little bit. |
| 1:43.0 | She's recently had a big move and she talks about |
| 1:46.2 | what this point of her career looks like, |
| 1:48.2 | what she's proud of, what she's excited about, |
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