Lina Nielsen

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900 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 30 Jun

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Great Company with Jamie Laing · LINA NIELSEN: I Was Paralysed at 17 - Then I Won an Olympic Medal · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

We've got toys.

We've got so many things.

And I...

always thought wow we're so rich like to see something and like the people living in Sudan and then to see us you know living like that I thought we're so rich and not only only when I then grew up did I realize oh right we weren't rich and it's something that made me grateful for

having that childhood because I'm always grateful for what I have because I know what it's like to just have the clothes on your back so that was something that really shaped I think the person I am today I'm quite a positive and optimistic person which I think and we've met a few times and you are always positive yeah it's annoying isn't it no it's not it's brilliant

But I think that's what shaped me to be this person because I just thought, wow, I have so much.

And so I talk about my childhood, but I had a great childhood.

I really do.

I think I grew up with community, with people around me.

The thing about Arab families, so Sudan is an Arab speaking country.

Arab families, they're always together.

There were always people around our house.

We were always socializing.

I grew up with all my cousins and it was just incredible.

And I really do think I had a good childhood.

Probably only when I was in my early 20s and I started to be around other athletes.

And then a lot of athletes would come from families where they would push their children into sports clubs and things like that, whereas we didn't have the money to go to sports clubs.

And you often hear actually that athletics is a poor man's sport because all you need is a field and a pair of trainers.

Correct.

which is what Usain Bolt says, I think, it's a poor man's sport.

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