# @sportsgrad on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXnG2WQEtzy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70249541-sportsgrad-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-26T22:06:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SportsGrad (@sportsgrad) — https://gondola.cc/sportsgrad

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Meet Rachael Lynch OAM OLY, former Gold Medalist Hockeyroo, now Nurse/Carer Lead and Wellbeing & Engagement Advisor at Wheelchair Rugby Australia.

Rachael is one of Australia's most decorated hockey goalkeepers. She represented Australia in over 230 international matches and is a dual Olympian (Rio 2016 & Tokyo 2020), dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and International Hockey Federation Goalkeeper of the Year (2019). 

Beyond the pitch, Rachel is a registered nurse with 15+ years of hospital experience, an AOC Athlete Commission member, recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to hockey, a COVID-19 recognition award recipient, corporate speaker, R U OK? Day ambassador, and founder of Stomp Goalkeeping, an online goalkeeping coaching business she built while still competing at the elite level.

Rachael's career didn't follow a straight line, she transitioned from elite athlete to wellbeing administrator by blending nursing credentials, lived experience, and a deliberate year of networking before landing her role at the Victorian Institute of Sport and later Wheelchair Rugby Australia.

We tend to agree with Rachael that life is too short to do jobs we don't love. So, if you're sitting in a career you're good at but don't love, and sport keeps pulling you back, this week's episode with Rachael is exactly what you need to hear!

🎙️Episode #350 of the SportsGrad Podcast - out now wherever you listen.

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