The Reinvention Women

For elite athletes, most of whom started training when they were in single digits, sport is who they are, not just what they do. Training and competing govern their diaries; goals and dreams relate to performance; and social circles are often rooted in the sporting world. So, with 33 the average age of retirement for athletes, how can the post-competition world possibly compete?

“No matter how well you set yourself up for life after sport, it’s always an anticlimax,” admits Annabelle Williams, two-time Paralympian and vice president of the Paralympic Committee. “No job you’re going to hold in the