Dream BIG: The Relentless Pursuit Of Success w/ 4x Olympian Chaunte Lowe

The Jake Dunlap Show

This episode of The Jake Dunlap Show features Chaunte Lowe, four-time Olympian in the high jump and triple negative breast cancer survivor. Chaunte's journey is one of relentless perseverance in the face of difficult family dynamics, growing up poor, and the desire to be better than she was yesterday.

From an early age, Chaunte already pursued athletics and learned that the way to be the fastest is to emulate what other successful athletes are doing, compete with them, and improve upon their strategies. By the time she was 20 and still in college she made her first appearance in the Olympics.

Chaunte would not make the final, but she would learn that when you dream, make sure your dreams are big so you don't lose steam when pursuing it. By the next Olympics games, she would achieve this goal and win the bronze.

Chaunte's shares that the succeeding Olympics games would be rollercoasters of emotions. From feelings of dejection after disappointing finishes, to exhilaration upon learning of her actual Olympic victory in 2008, Chante gives a very human side to the almost superhuman ability to even compete in FOUR Olympics games.

She would be diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in 2019. Her mindset at this point was focused on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics since this platform would amplify her advocacy to teach about the dangers of breast cancer to men and women.

Listen to the full podcast on Chaunte’s journey of achieving the greatest victories, facing off the deadliest threats, and ultimately emerging victorious from it all.

QUOTES:

12:38 "I learned that, you know, when you start by running with that person, emulating what they do and then trying to find a way to improve upon it. And I've just done that in so many different areas of my life, in my education, anything that I want."

20:55 It's always been my goal to find people that know better than I do to get how to get me where I want to go. And when I picked a school, I needed both, I needed a school that had the academic challenging and the reputation of producing thought leaders in the world.

28:27 "At that moment, I realized I set my goal too low. My goal was to go to the Olympics and, once I made that team, all the steam, all the excitement, just like, I did it, and I didn't have anything else left to actually compete and make the final."

47:30 "Excuses are patches that you sew on the garment of failure."

53:45 "I wanted to make people aware that it's something that you should be looking for and what you could do to protect yourself. And, and that's really what training for my fifth Olympics was about… getting the opportunity to put this out there."

More about Chaunte

Chaunté Lowe was born on January 12, 1984. She is an American athlete who competes in the high jump and boasts an impressive four-time Olympics appearance in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016.

She is the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2005 World Championship silver medalist and the 2012 World Indoor gold medalist. In the 2008 Olympic high jump final, she initially finished sixth but was promoted to the bronze medal in 2016. This was after three other competitors were disqualified for doping.

Chaunte is the American record holder in the women's high jump and holds an outdoor clearance of 2.05 m in 2010, and also holds the indoor record with a clearance of 2.02 m in 2012. Chaunte also earned her masters degree in Mathematics Education from Western Governors University while attending it online which she also finished in 2012.

Chaunte has been awarded the NCAA Inspiration Award for continuing to share her story about breast cancer, raise awareness, and provide hope for others. In March 2021, Lowe jumped in her first competition in two years, and her first since her cancer diagnosis. She reported that she exceeded her goal by one inch.

She is writing a children's book now which includes her honest views on growing up with domestic violence and homelessness and how she took advantage of opportunities that were available to her. It comes out in spring.

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