Katie Slattery
There is never a typical day for Katie Slattery, a sports scientist at the New South Wales Institute of Sport. She spends time putting athletes through their paces in the heat chamber, taking blood samples, and testing the urine of athletes – just to name a few tasks.
Katie currently works with the cycling team, but has also worked with triathletes and hockey and water polo players.
Katie enjoyed playing sport as a child, but initially thought she would end up as a PE teacher. Instead, she studied Sport Management at UTS, and has completed an extensive amount of research looking at how to help athletes train at their optimum level.
Katie speaks to Ellen Leabeater.
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