This week’s conversation is with Tianna Bartoletta, a professional track and field athlete from Elyria, Ohio that specializes in the short sprints, the 4x100m relay and the long jump.

Tianna and Jesse Owens are 2 of just 3 athletes in the states history to win four state titles two years in a row.

She attended and ran track for the University of Tennessee, but turned pro after her sophomore season when she won her fist world championship title at 19 years old.

Tianna’s a two-time Olympian, a 3x Olympic Gold Medalist, a world-record holder, and a 3x world champion.

A reigning Olympic Champion and now 35 year old, Tianna is currently training to defend her title at Tokyo 2021.

In this conversation, Tianna shares what it’s like to compete on the world’s biggest stage, and how she manages the pressure – one moment to make 4 years of hard work pay off.

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Episode 21 of Trackcast by Triplejumpers features the 3x Olympic champion, 2x world champion and the 4x100m world record holder, sprinter and long jumper Tianna Bartoletta. Tianna talks about how it was to win a world title at the young age of 19, how she fought back from a 6 year long struggle and a lot more. Thanks for listening!

Tianna Bartoletta joins me today for a great conversation! We talk about her career, writing, health, yoga, speaking affirmations into your own life and SO MUCH MORE. Tianna shares so much wisdom in this episode and I am so excited for you all to hear it!

Tianna is a two-time Olympian with THREE Gold medals! She placed 4th at the 2012 Olympics in the 100 meters, and won her first gold medal leading off the 4X100mrelay team. They also set a World Record that day. She won two more gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the long jump and again in the 4X100m relay. Tianna shares the fun story about making the 2012 Olympics and finishing the race in 4th in a personal best of 10.85 in the 100m. When she saw the time, she said she celebrated more than the Olympic champion! She shares about some details about being selected to the relay team, what leading off the team felt like and becoming an Olympic Gold medalist in the 4×100 meter relay.

Tianna also won the long jump World Championship in 2005 and 2015, along with the long jump World Indoor Championship in 2006. She also was a pusher on the U.S. bobsled team in 2012.

Tianna credits yoga for helping her listen to her body, avoid injury, and becoming a “mental warrior” in training and competition. Tianna now teaches a virtual yoga session every Saturday that you can join! You’ll hear in this episode how her positive mindset shines through in all that she does, it is so inspiring!

What we talked about:

4:15- How Tianna fell in love with writing

6:15- Growing up in Ohio and starting track

14:45- Choosing to compete for Tennessee

19:05- Recapping the 2012 Olympic Experience

26:10- Talking about qualifying for and competing in the 2012 4x100m relay and winning the Olympic Gold medal while setting the World Record

42:05- What has been challenging in 2020 for Tianna and what she has learned

44:30- The relationship between her sponsor (Nike) and utilizing social media

45:50- Tianna’s social media presence and her goals with social media

48:45- Mindset trying to make her third Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021

56:50- Adding yoga into her routine and how it made her a “mental warrior”

1:01- The journey of finding a fibroid in her uterus and the healing process

1:19:30- End of podcast questions

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Tianna Bartoletta is a 2 time Olympian and 3 time Gold Medalist in the Long Jump and 4 x 100m where she holds the World Record with Team USA at London 2012.

Our conversation goes into her time in track and field, her journey to the olympics, becoming world champion at 19, how she benefits from yoga on and off the track, her experiences of casual racism, the creative process of writing and bobsled!

You can find Tianna at
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Twitter - @tibartoletta
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To close out July, the gang's all here! Shireen, Brenda, Amira, Jessica, and Lindsay talk Seattle's new NHL team [1:00]. Then, it's time to discuss the Angel City FC in LA, and ownership models in professional sports [4:39]. After that, Amira interviews Olympian Tianna Bartoletta about track and field, and being a black yogi [18:00].

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"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort." - Jesse Owens.

Tianna Bartoletta is no stranger to determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. She won 9 high school state titles to match her idol from the same state of Ohio - Jesse Owens. She went to the University of Tennessee on a full academic scholarship. She became a world champion in the long jump at the age of 19. Over the next 12 years, she won 8 other global championship medals including 5 more golds. She is the reigning Olympic champion and hopes to defend that title in Tokyo next summer. 

Her journey, however, has been far from easy. From facing failure in high school to the ups and downs of a pro career where she questioned whether or not she would ever return to the top of her event, Chris and Shanna discuss it all with her in this episode. 

In particular, we dig into her perspective on clean sport as someone who was robbed of a gold medal (which has since been upgraded) from the 2006 World Indoor Championship. She talks about how that "disappointing" silver medal would lead her to make changes in her career that almost ended it. She also discusses how sponsors and the structure of contracts encourage doping in sport as well as the responsibility of athletes to comply with the whereabouts filing system. 

Beyond athletics, Tianna's voice is perhaps even more important as she stands up for what's right through her blog. This includes defying her sponsor to speak up for Mary Cain and the abuse she suffered as a member of the Nike Oregon Project. 

Tianna's energy in this discussion is infectious. Her advocacy for doing what's right - for clean sport and beyond - is strong and powerful. Her dreams extend well beyond the track, and we know that her idol Jesse Owens would be so proud of her. 

For the first installment in our four-part series on energy, we chat with three-time Olympic track and field gold medalist Tianna Bartoletta about overcoming health challenges, practicing yoga for athletic performance and overall wellbeing, and harnessing energy to bring home the gold. For more conversations on energy and how to channel it when we need it most, check out our July/August issue—or visit yogajournal.com and @yogajournal on Instagram and Facebook.