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Unleash Your Inner Champion!
DeeDee Trotter
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist in Track and Field
- DeeDee Trotter is the gold standard in resilience and one of the most accomplished track and field athletes ever.
- A powerful story of triumph, perseverance, and loss that is sure to encourage others.
- Trotter inspires audiences to fight for their dreams and delivers a message of mental toughness and endurance along the journey.
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DeeDee Trotter is a three-time Olympian in the sport of track and field. DeeDee has claimed three Olympic medals over the course of her career, two gold medals in the 4 x 400-meter relay, and a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual event. In addition to her Olympic success, DeeDee is an NCAA champion, SEC champion, regional champion, and record holder during her years at the University of Tennessee. As a result of her collegiate success, DeeDee became the first female athlete in any sport to turn professional before completing four years of sports eligibility.
Now retired, DeeDee’s 13 years as a professional track and field athlete has given her a tremendous story. In 2008 a devastating knee injury should have ended her career. While this injury knocked her from the very top to the bottom, Deedee learned how to transform failure, loss, fear, and doubt into power and use it to create a winning formula that allowed her to reach her greatest success, not only in sports, but in life.
It’s a journey of perseverance, determination, overcoming obstacles and a profound perspective on winning and what it really means to be a champion. DeeDee has traveled to over 20 countries spreading her motivational message at over 200 events worldwide. It’s a story of a comeback and a true Champion.
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Art Institute of Atlanta Valedictorian Speech
Amazing Commencement Speech For 2020 Graduates! From Olympic Champion DeeDee Trotter
I Can. I Must. I Will!™️ This is DeeDee’s most requested motivational message. In this high-energy presentation, DeeDee teaches how to transform pressure into positive power, and how to utilize other powerful forces that we all have access to in our lives. Audiences laugh, cry, and leave with DeeDee’s voice echoing in their heads, reminding them that they can, they must, they will get to their gold medal moment in life - if they never give up and believe. (60-minute runtime)
Unleash Your Inner Champion This presentation truly ignites a fire within every person in the room as they share in DeeDee’s Olympic story. This message will open the audiences’ hearts and enable them to understand the true meaning of the word “champion”. DeeDee encourages audience members to achieve their gold medal moment in life. (60-minute runtime)
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work This presentation encourages teams to work as a unit and focus on a common goal. DeeDee uses her personal experience of running on her gold medal relay team at the Olympics in order to illustrate the value of each team member giving their very best to achieve optimum success. (50-minute runtime)
