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Hosted by annaleid bakker · sports · EN
Life after elite sport comes with its own challenges. On The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker talks to former elite athletes about life after sport, the process of athlete retirement, the transition from elite sports to everyday life, and the mental health aspects that often accompany this change. Guests share why they left their sport, the obstacles they faced in starting over, and the advice they would give their younger selves. Want to share your story or join the conversation? Email podcast@actuallyanna.com . Music We Are Free by Ikson (intro-outro) https://www.iksonmusic.com The Normal World - Podcast © 2021 by Annaleid Bakker is licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/
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Signup to Generate a PitchLife after elite sport comes with its own challenges. On The Normal World, host Annaleid Bakker talks to former elite athletes about life after sport, the process of athlete retirement, the transition from elite sports to everyday life, and the mental health aspects that often accompany this change.
Recent episodes include "Ep 37. The Normal World of Lois Libregts" (4 September 2026, 56 minutes), "Ep 36. The Normal World of Martine Posthuma (Dutch)" (1 August 2026, 38 minutes), and "Ep 35. The Normal World of Kalian Sams" (1 July 2026, 53 minutes).
The Normal World publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for The Normal World is 26%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Normal World requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Normal World's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #37
In this episode of The Normal World, host Annaleid Bakker interviews Lois Libregts about her figure skating career. We spoke about how she started with figure skating, the struggles she faced during her career...
In this episode of The Normal World, host Annaleid Bakker interviews Martine Posthuma about her elite horseback riding and speed skating career. We spoke about her elite horseback riding and speed skating. We...
Episode #35
In this episode of The Normal World, host Annaleid Bakker interviews Kalian Sams about his professional baseball career. We spoke about how he started with the sport. His dream to be on the Dutch National team and...
Episode #34
In this episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Vera Tsyganova about her professional ballet career. We spoke about how she started with ballet and how she got into the Vaganova Ballet Academy in...
In this Dutch episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Delaila Amega about her elite handball career. We started the episode speaking about how Delaila started playing handball. She worked her way...
Episode #32
In this episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Hannah Martin about her elite rhythmic gymnastics and professional ballet career. Hannah started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 8, when she...
Episode #31
In this episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Kathryn Morgan about her professional ballet career. Kathryn shares how she fell in love with ballet through her passion for classical music...
In this episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Anicka van Emden about her elite judo career. Anicka shares how she discovered the sport through her brother, who was taking judo...
In this Dutch episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Dias Gnanapragasam about his elite judo career. Dias shares how he discovered his passion for the sport and found out very quickly that...
In this episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Annebel van der Knijff about her elite canoeing career. Annebel shares how she discovered the sport through a summer sports camp, sparking her...
In this episode of The Normal World , host Annaleid Bakker interviews Babette van Wetering about her elite trampolining career. Babette shares how she discovered her passion for the sport through a poster offering...
In this episode, I spoke with Danila Koster about her elite gymnastics career. We spoke about how she started her gymnastics career, her road towards the European championships, the twisties and her experience entering...
Episode #25
In this episode I spoke with Querijn Hensen about his elite para swimming career. We spoke about how he started with swimming, his journey towards the Tokyo paralympics and his life after he quit his elite swimming...
Episode #24
In this episode I spoke with Renske Nugter about her elite paraclimbing career. it was a very sunny day so you might hear some garden background noices. we had the windows open. We spoke about how she started climing...
Episode #23
In this episode I spoke with Salome Höneß about her elite track and field career. We spoke about how she started with the sport, how injuries made persuing a professional career difficult and her ongoing break from the...
In this Dutch episode I spoke with Minke Booij about her elite field hockey career. We spoke about her career building up to the olympics in Sydney, Athens and Bejing. The things she’d learned about herself in between...
In today’s episode I spoke with Ronald Mulder. He quit his elite speed skating career not long ago. We spoke about his career leading up to the olympics in Vancouver, Sochi and Pyeongchang. His decision to quit his...
Episode #20
In today’s episode I spoke with Erik Doesburg who used to be a professional Ultimate Frisbee player. If you don’t know what ultimate frisbee is. Imagine a combination of handball and rugby but then played with a...
Episode #19
Today is another Dutch episode, in which I spoke with Imke Glas, who used to be an elite athlete gymnast. We spoke about how she started with gymnastics, her career leading up to a severe accident that almost had her...
In this Dutch episode I spoke with Ben van der Burg, who was an elite athlete speed skater in The Netherlands. We talked about his career, the runup to becoming second in the 1990 all round world championships, getting...
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