Penny Heyns
Double Olympic Champion, Author and Professional Speaker Penny Heyns can help you make a difference in your life
Why you should book speaker Penny Heyns
- As an Olympic gold medalist, Penny has unparalleled insights about getting to the top – she can help you by showing you the way there.
- Penny's keynotes and workshops are highly customizable – she can tailor her presentations to the exact needs of the client.
Speaker Penny Heyns is a businesswoman, guest television presenter and the world’s greatest female breaststroke swimmer. As a presenter, Penny delivers a powerful message of hope and inspiration for audiences all over the world. Her experience as an Olympic athlete gives her an unparalleled insight into what it takes to get to the top – and most importantly, to stay there.
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Keynotes
Keynote by speaker Penny Heyns: Swim Your Own Race
Life is like swimming. It requires certain key elements to attain success, and as an individual sport, it can often get very lonely – a lot of sacrifice, focus and perseverance are required to make it to the top.
Speaker Penny Heyns offers this keynote to shed light on what it takes to get to the top in one of the most demanding sporting disciplines of the world, how to stay there and how these principles relate and apply to your business – and life in general.
Penny will inspire you to believe in your own potential and show you how to turn failure into victory, and perhaps most importantly, to pursue personal excellence.
Keynote by speaker Penny Heyns: In the Zone
If you have ever taken an interest in sport, you are probably familiar with the idea of operating or being in the Zone. As athletes perform at the highest level, we often see them in the Zone, but we don’t see ‘in the making’.
This presentation will unveil the Champion mindset, the habits and routines guiding you to your Zone. Speaker Penny Heyns packed this keynote with neuroscientific data and built the talk around her own experiences to empower you to become a Champion in your world as you learn how to get into ‘The Zone’.
Keynote by speaker Penny Heyns: Mental Toughness Workshop
With this 4-hour workshop, speaker Penny Heyns offers this complete package to help you realize your own potential and find the way to the top. The session is full of valuable takeaways and structured to give you the best results:
Motivational Talk + Q&A
Mental Toughness Self-Assessment Questionnaire
Understand Your Neurology
Developing Mental Toughness
Mental Toughness Mindset – an interactive session to help you take control
Motivational Talk + Q&A
Mental Toughness Self-Assessment Questionnaire
Understand Your Neurology
Developing Mental Toughness
Mental Toughness Mindset – an interactive session to help you take control
Penny Heyns
Olympic keynotes to fulfill your true potential
As an Olympic swimmer, speaker Penny Heyns established herself as the greatest female breaststroker by becoming the only person in the world to hold world records in all three possible distances, the 50m, 100m and 200m events. Penny broke 14 individual world records, and she is the only woman in Olympic history to win both the 100m and 200m breaststroke events in Atlanta 1996 and bronze in Sydney 2000.
Penny’s success is not limited to the swimming pool. After her retirement, she established herself as a businesswoman, sought after keynote speaker and guest television presenter. Her experience both in the world of elite sports and business provides her with a unique insight into what it takes to get to the top – and to stay there. Penny's achievements also brought her personal audiences with Nelson Mandela and in 2012 she was inducted into the Africa Sports Hall of Fame.
As a speaker Penny Heyns inspires audiences all over the world: she has spoken in the USA, Australia, Switzerland, South Africa and several other countries. Regardless of race, creed, age, gender or colour, her message of hope and inspiration truly empower people. She can genuinely make a difference in your life by helping you to realize your potential, take control of your life and to fulfill your spiritual and material destiny.
Penny’s success is not limited to the swimming pool. After her retirement, she established herself as a businesswoman, sought after keynote speaker and guest television presenter. Her experience both in the world of elite sports and business provides her with a unique insight into what it takes to get to the top – and to stay there. Penny's achievements also brought her personal audiences with Nelson Mandela and in 2012 she was inducted into the Africa Sports Hall of Fame.
As a speaker Penny Heyns inspires audiences all over the world: she has spoken in the USA, Australia, Switzerland, South Africa and several other countries. Regardless of race, creed, age, gender or colour, her message of hope and inspiration truly empower people. She can genuinely make a difference in your life by helping you to realize your potential, take control of your life and to fulfill your spiritual and material destiny.
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