Atlantic Brugman just completed an Olympic campaign in sailing to represent Team USA at the 2020 Olympics with her sister Nora. The final trials were in 2021, after her journey to the Olympics was interrupted by Covid-19 in 2020. Series 2 focuses on Careers & Navigating your Professional success.
Atlantic grew up in Barcelona, Spain where she learned how to sail at age 4. As a junior sailor, she competed year round and attended World and European Championships. Sailing quickly became her whole life, and it defined many of her future life decisions. After High School, Atlantic studied in the UK to obtain her Ocean Yacht Master License the only woman among a majority of older white men. She went on to attend Connecticut College and sailed for their highly compeititve Sailing team. After college, Atlantic pursued a career in non-profit work for a few years until she was offered a coaching position for the Stanford University sailing team. Coaching at Stanford reminded Atlantic of her passion for sailing, and realized she wanted to return to compete in the sport. She decided to throw herself onto the difficult path of competing at the highest level of sailing - the Olympic Circuit. When the pandemic hit, her Olympic journey became even more difficult, but it made she and her sister stronger and more dedicated to the goal. Now, at age 31, she finds herself having to start a new career from scratch, and discovered she is passionate about interior design (with no professional experience whatsoever). However, Atlantic's experience in an Olympic pursuit gives her the strength and mindset to believe that with hard work anything is possible and she is now excited to throw herself into this next journey in life, a new profession, and giving it her all to make her next dream career possible.
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Grit & Olympic dreams with Atlantic Brugman - a career in professional sports ~ Season 2 Episode 3