“This year really went from “Road to Tokyo” to “At the end of the road turn left.” Being unfunded/unsupported really took its toll this year. But you’ve got to adapt or be extinct”
That was the tweet from British long jumper Daniel Bramble in Oct who went from training for the Tokyo Olympics to delivering parcels for Amazon in a couple of months.

Daniel Bramble is a British long jumper who has represented GB at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 World Indoor Championships. He narrowly missed out on qualification for the Rio Olympics in 2016,  he won the  2020 British indoor championship and is targeting a place at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. With a PB of 8.21m he in the top 5 on the UK all-time list.

On today's episode we delve into:

• How swallowing his pride resurrected his career.
• Taking a step backwards to build an income 
• Dealing with injuries and losing the love for athletics after missing out on his dream
• Losing his lottery fund, how funding actually works and why it is so important for athletes.
• Moving away from London to grow, starve distractions and chase his Olympic dream
• His parents encouraging him when he wanted to give up
• How putting his ego to the side encouraged other athletes to share their experiences 
• GymShark surprise birthday present 

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Twitter - https://twitter.com/dbrambs_lj?lang=en
Instagram: @dbrambs_lj

Support Daniels Go Fund Me - https://uk.gofundme.com/f/get-dan-to-the-tokyo-olympics

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