Episode 9 -Anna Johannes - 2012 Paralympic Bronze Medalist
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Episode 9 -Anna Johannes - 2012 Paralympic Bronze Medalist
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Anna Johannes won a Paralympic bronze medal for Team USA in 2012. Then she spent eight years in corporate marketing being told not to bring up her disability.
She was born without her left hand and forearm in Kyrgyzstan and adopted at two. She went on to win five golds at the 2011 Parapan American Games and a bronze at the 2012 London Paralympics. After swimming she worked in marketing at Speedo, Boston Children's Hospital, Porter Novelli and Interbrand. In 2025 she left to start On the One Hand, a disability storytelling consultancy, and she's now part of Culxtured, a media collective run by Paralympians.
The part I keep coming back to is how she sees media coverage of disabled athletes. She says it's usually about inspiration and charity, and she'd rather it be about the training and the competitiveness. In other words, cover them like athletes.
We also get into losing by hundredths of a second, why corporate inclusion work went quiet, and how a blind swimmer knows where the wall is.
Follow Anna on Instagram: @anna_f_johannes