Bouncing BACK
She was one of the bright stars in Australian women’s tennis. Reaching the semi-finals in Wimbledon and ranked fourth in the world, Jelena Dokic was at the top of her game. However, a series of injuries resulted in the athlete hanging up her racket prematurely in 2014, leaving the athlete spiralling in a post-retirement limbo.
“Being an athlete going into normal life is tough,” the tennis great tells Good Health & Wellbeing. “When you’re a professional athlete, you’re in this bubble that’s not reality – everything is done for you, from food and exercise, to travel and management, so going back into real life was very different. And for me, I retired very suddenly because of an injury, so it really wasn’t something I expected. I was left asking myself: ‘What do I do next?’ ‘What do I get into?’ I wasn’t prepared for it, and that’s where my weight gain started.”
After 15 years of being guided by both coaches and nutritionists, and
