What happens when the sport that has defined your life suddenly ends?
Anna Laurell Nash is a two-time world champion boxer, three-time European champion, two-time Olympian and PhD who today serves as Executive Director at the Center for Sports and Business at the Stockholm School of Economics.
In this episode of Sports Management Podcast, Anna shares her remarkable journey from starting boxing at 17 to becoming one of the world's leading female boxers.
We discuss her Olympic journey, losing to a young Claressa Shields at London 2012, battling Graves' disease during her career, and the identity crisis she experienced when she stepped away from elite sport.
Anna also explains why athletes need to prepare for life beyond competition, how skills developed through elite sport translate into business, and why women's sport still represents a major untapped business opportunity.
In this episode:
🥊 Starting boxing at 17 🏆 Becoming a two-time world champion 🇬🇧 Losing to Claressa Shields at London 2012 🧠 Athlete identity and retirement 🎓 Combining elite sport with a PhD 📈 The business opportunity in women's sport 💼 Building a career after professional sport 🔥 Recovering from Graves' disease
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction 01:21 How Anna discovered boxing 03:02 Hiding her boxing competitions from her father 04:31 Starting boxing at 17 06:42 Becoming a world champion and Olympian 08:05 London 2012 & Claressa Shields 10:55 The athlete identity crisis 13:33 Combining boxing with a PhD 15:54 Finding purpose after boxing 17:19 The business opportunity in women's sport 20:14 Fairness and inclusion in boxing 22:34 Battling Graves' disease 26:30 Supporting the next generation 28:02 Advice for building a career in sports
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