Author Talk: ‘Far Beyond Gold’
Olympian gold medalist and World Champion hurdler SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE wrote Far Beyond Gold to share the faith empowering her to become a world-class athlete at an extremely young age. Inspiring any audience, McLaughlin-Levrone digs into her experiences in track and field to discuss self-empowerment in the face of adversity, growing through mistakes, and approaching success with eyes wide open.
Overcoming Obstacles to Make Your Dreams Come True
SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE inspires every audience with empowering and inspiring messages on overcoming obstacles, learning and evolving from your mistakes, and staying open to new experiences. McLaughlin-Levrone helps us see that our dreams are possible with hard work, perseverance and determined pursuit.
Finding Purpose Through Faith
SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE’s faith is a foundational aspect of everything she does and how she defines herself. In this talk, she shares her faith journey, and how God established her steps which helped her achieve the success she's had today. McLaughlin-Levrone shares her personal story as a beautiful representation of what is possible with God.
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Legendary hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone knows what it takes to be the best
Legendary Track and Field athlete SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE is an uncatchable, historic Olympic gold medalist and world record holder. After breaking her own 400-meter hurdle record for the fifth time during the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials and then again while winning gold in Paris, The Washington Post described, “She can handle what’s in front of her with a precision that can present as nonchalance… She is her own standard and competition.”
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s professional comportment in every high-pressure situation inspires every audience to learn from her what it takes to get to – and stay at – the top.
Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone shares how faith shaped her success in Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith
What fears are in your way or holding you back? How do you want to become stronger?
Olympic and World Champion hurdler SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE knows about facing down obstacles. She shares her personal story of struggles and victories, of faith and transformation in Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith, offering a more complex picture of who she is. The youngest U.S. Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972, McLaughlin-Levrone draws on her faith to explore her shift from anxiety to boldness and from perfectionism to purpose. McLaughlin-Levrone inspires every audience with empowering messages on overcoming obstacles, learning and evolving from your mistakes, and staying open to new experiences.
Watch Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone share her testimony at Point of Light Ministries here >>
Speaker Spotlight: World Record Track and Field champion and Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is an inspiring speaker
Olympic Track and Field athlete SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE is known for being an inspiring role model since giving a notable and headline-making speech about overcoming obstacles to become one of the top young track and field athletes in America. As the youngest U.S. Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972, McLaughlin-Levrone set a junior world record in the 400m hurdles at the 2016 U.S. Olympic team trials and has been consistently beating her own records since.
Watch Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on The Story of a Promising Talent >>
The youngest U.S. Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a junior world record in the 400m hurdles at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. She also won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 400m hurdles, and is the current NCAA record-holder in the 400m hurdles. She broke her own World Record in the women's 400 meter hurdles to win the gold in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Named the Gatorade National Girls Athlete of the Year, two years in a row, McLaughlin gave a moving—and headline-making—speech about how she overcame obstacles to become one of the top young track and field athletes in America.
Having left the University of Kentucky to pursue a professional career, McLaughlin-Levrone is also a face of New Balance.
Known for one of her personal mottos, "the only limit is myself," McLaughlin-Levrone offers empowering and inspiring remarks on overcoming every obstacle, perseverance, learning and evolving from your mistakes, staying open to new experiences, and the pursuit of success.
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