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My Best Teacher podcast: Ben Ainslie

The Olympic sailing hero talks about his school days, including the impact his PE teacher had on his life

9th July 2021, 9:00am

In this episode of the My Best Teacher podcast, we chat to sailing legend Sir Ben Ainslie, best known for winning four gold medals over several Olympic Games, including London 2012. We chat about:

The lessons in resilience he took from his PE teacher
The tricks he used to fool his physics teacher into thinking he was working
The importance of school trips
How school lunches became a money-making venture
Whether his school was haunted by ghosts

Listen below or through your podcast platform of choice via the following links: Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Google Podcasts.

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Gráinne Hallahan

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