Arik Zeevi

Winning the Daily Battles

The lecture "Winning the Daily Battles" combines personal stories and the analysis of various situations that Arik faced in the past as a competitive Olympic athlete, who participated in four Olympics (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) before retiring from competitive sport. After the loss in Sydney 2000, which resulted from faulty judging (the same judge was suspended for two years following his decision), Arik had to muster himself for an additional four-year journey for the right to compete for an Olympic medal. In 2004, he did it and won an Olympic bronze medal. 2,500 Israelis sang him the national anthem in one of the most emotional moments of his life. "We all experience failures and moments of crisis, the question is how do we mobilize ourselves towards the next challenge?"