Lauren Burns

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Lauren Burns
Olympic Gold Medalist Sydney 2000

Experience the Olympic Journey

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Lauren will challenge the minds and hearts of audiences everywhere as what they say and do is not only meaningful it is vital. They will confront apathy, challenge you to action and really make you think about what you are doing with your life.

Experience first hand the passion and enthusiasm of this dynamic pair as they share their personal stories and experiences of their Olympic journey.

Lauren Burns created sporting history by winning the first ever Olympic medal for Taekwondo when the sport made its debut at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Lauren was one of only three Australian women to win an individual Olympic Gold Medal, along with Cathy Freeman and Susie O Neill. Her amazing triumph at the Sydney Games was achieved against the odds requiring enormous discipline, commitment, perseverance and teamwork.

The nation watched as Lauren s victory brought the Australian public and Olympic crowd to its feet. Before her Olympic win, few people knew that Lauren had been 12 times Australian Champion and had achieved a string of international titles including numerous medals at world championship level. Laurens gold medal has put Australia on the map as a major international competitor for the sport of Taekwondo.

Since the Sydney Olympics, Lauren has emerged as one of the most successful Olympians from these Games. She has worked diligently to raise her profile to position herself in the echelon of Australia s most sought after speakers. She has spoken to over 40,000 people in the past 3 years and in her presentations Lauren talks about what it takes to be successful. She transforms her stories and experiences into life skills making them entertaining and relevant to her listeners.

Lauren interacts with her audience in a fun manner with the added highlight of inviting someone up on stage to break a board with the palm of their hand. Lauren has the ability to create active audience participation with groups of 10 to 10,000. During her more active workshops Lauren has over 200 people breaking boards, all in the space of four minutes! Her presentations always leave the audience buzzing with excitement.

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Lauren talks about what it takes to be successful. She transforms her stories and experiences into life skills making them entertaining and relevant to her listeners.

Testimonials

"Your inspirational message to our guests was first class and really sealed for us a great night of recognition, for the top achievers in our Dealer network. I know that our people will benefit from your experience and can only hope that some of them can "dare to dream", and achieve just as you have done."
Mercedes-Benz

Excellent. An empowering presenter that left the audience touched, moved and inspired.
Steve Mc Knight - PropertyInvesting.com

"A young, energetic and articulate person. Lauren was well spoken, talked to the audience, gave colourful examples which made the audience laugh, as well as making our function a success."
AMP

"Lauren was absolutely sensational."
BHP

"Excellent. Lauren has an outstanding story to tell and is generous with her medal, autographs, photographs etc. I strongly recommend her."
ANZ Bank

"Excellent. Lauren is young, fresh, unassuming and communicated brilliantly to a mixed audience."
Seeley International

"Our conference 'Reach for the Sky' was a great success and largely due to your presentation which matched perfectly with our team's focus and themes for the rest of the year. It was truly motivating and inspirational! We had another two days of conference and many of the guys were consistently referring to yours and Martin's presentation and particularly the focus, control and follow through themes. Your energy and enthusiasm made a big difference to the rest of the conference"
Toyota

"Excellent. Lauren was an excellent speaker for this occasion. The year 12 students clearly understood her message of perseverance and chasing a dream."
Eltham High School

"Bright, committed and a very passionate speaker who impressed our group with her dedication to her goals. Lauren is an accomplished presenter. Her story was inspirational and gave us the direction for the planning and hard work that needs to go into being successful in any endeavour."
First National Real Estate

"Excellent. Entertaining and inspiring for all age groups. Pitched at exactly the right level for high school students."
Craigieburn Secondary College

"Excellent. Lauren was a perfect choice for this event. Her delivery and story telling ability made for an enthralling forty minutes. Most importantly she was real .
Simon Creely Productions

The room was electric, they stood clapping their broken boards together. Lauren signed every board, which was printed with the conference theme Breakthrough . The momento boards now adorn many offices. Fantastic!
Wrigleys

"Personally, I thought Lauren was the most vibrant, intelligent, articulate and passionate person that I have heard speak. She really connected with the audience who were aged from about 8 up. The feedback that I have been given already has also been extremely positive: - "best speaker ever", "what a wonderful role model", "she's amazing" are just a sample. Students, parents and school staff were unanimous in their praise and admiration for Lauren. Lauren sharing her gold medal was also a big hightlight for the
audience."
Mill Park Secondary College

I would like to thank you for the fantastic presentation you gave last week at our conference and for the extra time you gave to talking to our group one on one and answering their questions. It certainly was the highlight of the conference and everyone was talking about it (still are!) and it really made a positive impact on the group.

The impact you made on Sue has been amazing and it was a life changing event for her. She is so proud of her achievement (breaking the board) and the fact that you believed in her has given her so much more confidence. It is clear that you have an exciting future ahead that will go way beyond your Olympic success (not a bad start though!) by applying that determination and attitude of success. That is why we all got so much out of your presentation and your 'success leaves clues' has made me look at things in a totally new light.
IXL Appliancest

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