Inspiration

From Run4Rio to Road2Tokyo Last year I build a website, updated the social media channels and started a crowd funding campaign #Run4Rio for golden Paralympian Ananias Shikongo. Not longer after my return from Brazil, Ananias and the #Run4Rio team ask…

On a Monday morning my Brazilian taxi driver Marco (pessoa de confianca – a trustworthy person) waited for me at the airport. The sun was shining and I missed the city after a study session in Oregon USA. We passed…

I had long days at the Paralympic Games. Especially when the Chef de Mission discovered I could drive the van with almost the whole delegation. From that moment I and my co-volunteer Marcos from Colombia were labeled as drivers for…

The two years of preparations for the volunteering work felt like ages, but not the games itself. Time flies when you’re having fun while working hard. After the first week my work as a NOC assistant for Tunisia became less…

‘I am on a mission to the Olympic Games in Rio’   The Return on Education of Elisa Ostet – Sport Leadership Program   Elisa Ostet, participant of Nyenrode’s Sports Leadership Program, is on a mission to the Olympic Games…

This Monday, I had an interview with the Dutch radio- and television channel RTV Oost about my voluntary work at the Olympic Games. After the article was published, I was asked to tell more about my experiences in the live…

Athletes have a tremendous influence on society. Andre Nijhof, lecturer of the module Sustainability in Sports at Nyenrode’s Sports Leadership Program therefor argues that athletes can make a difference when it comes to sustainability issues such as obesity and refugees….

In 2013, I started collaborating with Hollands best Modern Pentathlete (an Olympic discipline with swimming, fencing, horse back riding, running and shooting on 1 day). It was a challenge to convert the elite sporter’s ideas into products and services for…

As long as I remember, my parents had a picture on the sideboard of a little girl on a big mottled horse. In the background was picture of a train on a floating rail. The horse does not seem to…

Early March 2016, I went to the German Sports University (Deutsche Sporthochshule Köln) to get an impression how a base-check on 4 young athletes is performed. I was assigned to Johanna, a 14 years old who has been cycling for…