" Before a engagement , I ’m very , very aware that there is never any risk . Let ’s say I go out and miss , oh no , I get to go back to my decent apartment and my comfy embodied job , " allege Paralympic judoka Maria Liana Mutia .
Olympic athletes are incredibly hard-working. Many of them hustle not only in their training, but in secondary careers as well.
Here’s what 17 Olympic and Paralympic athletes competing in Paris 2024 do for their day jobs:
1.Australian Olympic volleyball player Zachary Schubert runs a cricket farm called Schubugs Cricket Farm.
2.American boxer Morelle McCane has funded her Olympic dreams with several jobs — birthday party clown, daycare supervisor, and mailroom worker.
3.Olympic rower Robbie Manson, who represents New Zealand, is anOnlyFanscreator.
4.American Paralympic fencer Ellen Geddes is afacility managerat Maplewood Farm and Bridlewood Farm, as well as the Breeding Director at Magnolia Sport Horses. Sheteachesriding lessons and raises horses for dressage.
5.Team USA Olympic fencer Anne Cebula is amodel.
6.American Olympic fencer and bronze medalist Miles Chamley-Watson also does modeling, which heseesas a “healthy distraction” as well as an opportunity to promote his sport and support himself financially.
7.Aly Bull, an Australian Olympic canoeist, is afirefighter.
8.Team USA canoeist and gold medalist Nevin Harrisonpausedher studies at San Diego State University for Olympic training, but she also has a part-time job at a bar.
9.Olympic runner Georgia Bell, who represents Great Britain, has a career in cyber security.
10.American Paralympic judoka Maria Liana Mutia is a software analyst at Comcast.
11.New Zealand Artistic Swimming team captain and Olympian Eva Morris hastwo jobs— social media coordinator for the New Zealand Artistic Swimming Team and reformer Pilates instructor.
12.American Olympic rower Michelle Sechser is aproduct and analytics leadat Broadridge Financial Solutions.
13.Australian Olympic hockey player and silver medalist Aran Zalewski is a part-timesenior consultantat Deloitte.
14.American Paralympic taekwondo bronze medalist Evan Medell is adiesel mechanic.
15.American Olympic fencer Kat Holmes is a medical school student.
16.Team USA Olympic basketball player Canyon Barry is asystems engineer.
17.And finally, New Zealand Olympic canoeist Kurtis Imrie is an electrician.
