Ep. 141: Paralympian Nick Mayhugh
As an elite young soccer player, Nick Mayhugh excelled on the field while quietly battling physical limitations he couldn’t understand, and despite those challenges he was on track to play the sport at the highest level until everything changed at 14 when he suffered a grand mal seizure that led to a series of tests and a life-altering diagnosis revealing he had been born with cerebral palsy and was told he would never play soccer again, a moment that ultimately became fuel as Nick shares in this episode how he channeled that news into motivation, went on to play Division I college soccer, represented the U.S. Paralympic soccer team, and later reinvented himself as a Paralympic sprinter, winning three gold medals and one silver at the Tokyo Paralympics, making his journey a powerful story of grit, determination, and inspiration you won’t want to miss.
