Louise Galvin: You may not be the smartest in the class, or the prettiest girl, or have the nicest, most expensive phone... but your value can skyrocket in a team
What A Woman PodcastShow Notes
Louise Galvin is a multi-talented Sports Star and an inspiration to all aspiring young athletes. She's represented Ireland Internationally in rugby, playing in two women's rugby world cups at sevens and fifteens level, after taking up rugby at aged twenty-five. At Sevens level, she represented her country over 120 times with the highlights being the 2018 Rugby World Cup in San Francisco and reaching the semi-final in the world series in Sydney in 2019. Louise is also an accomplished Kerry Footballer and played in an All Ireland Final in 2012 and some ten years later, she was part of the squad to reach the LGFA All Ireland Final in 2022. She has also represented her country in basketball and captained Ireland's under 20's basketball team.
It was after the LGFA semi-final match in Croke Park last year that Louise hit the headlines after breastfeeding her baby son in the dressing room and she was praised for being a role model for women, showing that returning to elite level sport is an option if wanted after having a child. Louise is also multi-talented off the pitch and has been a sport's commentator and analyst on RTE and Newstalk Sport and is a qualified physiotherapis, having worked on the front line during the pandemic.
We talked about:
Why girls can find so much value in themselves by playing sport
What it takes to play at elite level in different sports
The highs and lows of sport and keeping perspective
How playing sport helped Louise through grief
Getting back into shape after a baby
Why you should not assume female athletes want to retire after children
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