Tough Girl Podcast

Anyika 37, is a retired British sprint track and field athlete who competed in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres, and also the 4×100 metres relay and 4x400 metres relay.   Anyika is one of the few GB athletes of the past 20 years to achieve a full set of major medals.She has won medals at the Olympic Games, the world championships, Commonwealth Games and European championships.   Anyika has published a book about her life called - My Hidden Race.     “My Hidden Race is the story of Olympic medallist Anyika Onuora, who stood on the podium at every major championship in athletics.   This book won't go into detail about the technicalities of her sport or the beauty of the Olympic spirit however.   In the era of the Black Lives Matter and Me Too, this is an unflinching testimony of what it takes to pursue your dreams as a Black British woman against all odds.   This three-time Olympian will lift the lid on the reality of life as a black female athlete in Britain in a way that nobody else has done before h