C A S E Y L E G L E R
“The advantage of being yourself is that…
If I died today, I would be okay.”
Casey Legler knew since age 14 that she would be in the 1996 Olympics and that she would win. With a perfect swimmer body and a daily 5-hour training since she was little, it was no surprise that she qualified. The day before her race she actually broke the world record. She came out at the time - even though back then it was dangerous to declare being gay - and really stood up for her true self. No longer feeling motivated, she dared to walk away from it all at 21 to take a new path and study architecture. Later her individual style caught the eye of Ford models and she became the first woman ever to exclusively model male clothes.
I A N H U T C H I N S O N
“I think that daring to be a road racer in the first place,
was the one thing that helped me come back.
And come back and win.”
Born a motorcycle mechanic, Ian took life in his hands twice. First, when he decided to follow his passion and become a professional motorbike rider: soon he was a winner, the one who set the record of winning the most races in a single Isle of Man TT festival in 2010, achieving five solo wins. Then, when right after it he almost lost it all in a terrible crash where he was close to losing his left leg. Well, he decided to fight for his passion and went through sixteen operations, to come back stronger and become the third most awarded rider in the Isle of Man TT history.
