Kerri Pottharst
Olympic Champion | Keynote Speaker | Team Building Facilitator | MC | Brand Ambassador
CATEGORY
- International Women's Day
- Leadership
- Motivational Speaker
- Mindset Performance and Mindfulness
- Celebrity Ambassador
- Business Speaker
TOPICS
- Gold Medal Excellence – The Mindset of a Champion
- Don’t Just Think It, Ink It!
- Fit for Business
INFO
- Location: Sydney
- Social media followers: 10k
Biography
Kerri Pottharst, Australia’s most decorated Indoor and Beach Volleyball player, has represented her country for an impressive 20 years.
Known for her fierce competitiveness, she has also established herself as a successful inspirational speaker, presenter, coach, commentator, and published author. Drawing from her extensive experience in leadership, teamwork, and communication, Kerri delivers unforgettable presentations to corporate audiences in Australia. She combines motivational messages with enjoyable anecdotes, providing the rare opportunity for one- on-one networking with an Olympic hero.
Kerri’s journey in volleyball began at the age of 15, without dreams of becoming an Olympic champion. Despite a devastating knee injury at 27 that could have ended her career, she made a remarkable recovery, redirected her goals to Beach Volleyball, and went on to compete in three Olympic Games, winning two Olympic medals: Bronze in Atlanta and Gold in the Sydney 2000 Games. Since 1994, Kerri has consistently ranked in the top 10 and rarely placed outside the top six in International Beach Volleyball events.
After retiring from international competition, Kerri continued her Golden journey by sharing her strategies for excellence with corporate audiences, inspiring them on their own paths to success. Through interactive presentations and the option to engage in beach volleyball activities, she imparts important messages about mindset, teamwork, resilience, trust, relationship building, leadership, and communication, delivering tangible results.
Utilising entertaining anecdotes from her experiences as a competitor and a global sports commentator at the Olympic Games and other sporting events, Kerri motivates and inspires audiences to overcome their fears and self-doubts, set goals, and push through barriers to achieve success. As an expert in reinvention, she understands the need to adapt to a changing world to maintain success and achieve greater goals.
Kerri’s unique message resonates with both high-level executives and junior teams, demonstrated by her ability to coach staff at all levels, fostering cohesion and effectiveness.
Through thorough research and preparation, she tailors her content to each audience, showcasing her professionalism and quick thinking. Among Kerri’s many skills is her innate ability to connect with the audience in a warm, authentic, and relatable manner. The strategies that propelled her to Olympic Gold can be easily adapted by audiences to achieve their own corporate and personal goals.
A notable highlight of Kerri’s presentations is the “Walk of Courage”; a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for audiences to challenge their personal boundaries by walking on broken glass. This unique experience reinforces Kerri’s inspiration for individuals to become champions in their own right.
Testimonials
The confidence in which Kerri carries herself is a major positive. Too often personalities do not take the time to interact with the audience once their responsibilities have concluded.
Her attitude and enthusiasm in networking with the audience perfectly complements her on stage performances. A world class athlete and champion person
Kerri involved the right amount of humour, motivation and information to ensure she was the highlight of the evening. She was then happy to stay on and speak on 1-on-1 to selected VIP’s visiting from France
Kerri was one of the best speakers I’ve listened to and had the pleasure of dealing with.
What a great speaker, gave the audience a terrific story in a well-paced and highly entertaining presentation, great attitude and a professional.
Kerri’s presentation was sensational and the combination of her talk with the glass walking worked perfectly. Her preparation and understanding of our current issues was also sensational. An incredible experience with a lasting impact
An amazing session that completely exceeded our expectations.
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