EP50 Pt 2: Moonshot 🌙 🇦🇪 🏂🏾: UAE Snowboarder Amenah Al Muhairi & Mum Maya on community and sponsor support and chasing Olympic dreams
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This is Part Two of two of our chat with 15 year-old Emirati snowboarder Amenah Al Muhairi, and her mum Maya!
If you haven’t checked out Part One, you may want to pause and go back and do that now! It’s a great chat about Amenah’s start in sports, her and her family’s approach to training as well as wise words from Amenah herself.
In this - Part Two, we’re chatting through Amenah’s future plans including Olympic aspirations, and the wonderful support she’s received through sponsors. We also chat through what more needs to be done more broadly in the sports eco-system to ensure that all young athletes are able to live up to their full potential.
We also chat through why Amenha is not not only aiming for the stars, but also the moon!
To find Amenah on Instagram: @itsamenahalmuhairi
For more information on:
Mubadala, visit https://www.mubadala.com Ski Dubai, visit: https://www.skidxb.com The UAE Winter Sports Federation, check them out on @uaewsf
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