Canada’s most decorated Olympian speaks to The Globe about preparing to hike Mount Kilimanjaro and her interest in fashion and interior design
is a series of lively conversations with influential people, from CEOs to celebrities, on life, work and the art of taking time off.Penny Oleksiak holds the title of Canada’s most decorated Olympian. But her interests span far wider than the pool. Since shooting to fame by winning four medals at the 2016 Rio Games and then taking home another three at the Tokyo Games, the 24-year-old from Toronto will be competing at the Paris Olympics this summer on Canada’s relay teams.
My biggest fear is open water, so I don’t really go in the water. When we were younger, we used to drive to this beach house we would rent in Carolina. We would drive there in our minivan and watchSo, what does a typical day in California look like for you? I’m honestly a FaceTime person. I call them little podcasts because I’m just always on the phone with someone. I don’t watch that much TV or anything.I was originally supposed to make it about two years ago. I was going to hike Kilimanjaro,
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