Elana Withnall Australian Athlete / Motivational Speaker / Ninja Warrior

  • High School Speaker in Central Coast, NSW

  • Travels Nationwide
  • From $1,500 to $7,000
  • Available on Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Elana is renowned for her upbeat personality as well as representing Australia across three disciplines (Heptathlon, Bobsled, Rugby Sevens). She also appeared as a contestant on Australian Ninja Warrior. Elana is still battling toward her childhood dream of being an Olympian.
Elana has many stories to share about resilience as she survived two near-death experiences, a broken back and battles daily living with an autoimmune condition.
She ‘aspires to inspire’ with her story, persisting with her goals despite all her obstacles. and her overarching message of 'keeping on, keeping on.'
Elana is also a qualified sports journalist, corporate speaker, emcee and event and podcast host.

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Jess's School Function in Caringbah , Mar 2024

Lani was great. She was so relatable. Exactly what I needed for the keynote. She was so approachable and the girls enjoyed hearing about a real story. I highly recommend her. Met the profile for my event perfectly.



Magali's Corporate Event in Tomago NSW, Mar 2024

Elana was amazing. Really inspiring story. She is really an advocate for all the women out there to live their dreams. We wish you a bright future.



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​Elana is able to speak on topics, give dynamic and interactive presentations for audiences, businesses, functions, charity and special events with her own unique brand of uplifting, inspiring and down-to-earth energy.
Elana is a qualified journalist and can confidently interview talent,  emcee and conduct keynote speeches for events.
Elana can lead practical goal setting and motivation workshops for corporate or school environments, 

Elana can tailor her talk to suit any key themes on your event. She can speak on but not limited to: health and fitness, motivation, resilience, goal setting and Visualisation, positive body image, leadership, mental health, rising above adversity, Women's pay parody, overcoming injury, dedication, Christian Faith. As well as draw personally, from her own resilience story. 

​Elana can give interactive keynote speeches, with her overarching message of resilience, and what she's learned about The Journey not always being ‘straight and narrow.' Elana candidly and vibrantly draws from her own story in sharing the recipe of what it takes to win a gold medal for Australia, multiple times and captaining the Australian Athletics team, and competing internationally across three sporting disciplines.

Elana shares her adversities openly and light-heatedly including how she overcame breaking her back, triumphing over 10 major injuries, healing holistically after ‘burnout’ and living with an incurable autoimmune condition. Not to mention the one time she was almost killed while piloting a bobsled for Australia, mental health struggles, or how she found herself on national television.

Elana explores the lessons found in inevitable failures, the importance of mental wellness and optimism.
She aspires to inspire all walks of life with her key overarching message of ‘keeping on, keeping on,'  which has in turn empowered her to simply just keep going, as she now trains toward the 2024 Olympic Games.

Elana can additionally provide a workshop style speech paired with a practical fitness workshop or education session.


Microphone
If an interactive speech is selected, a projector or smartboard will be required


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45 min topical keynote speech
45 min panelist conversation
60 min classroom workshop
1.5 hour workshop + practical coaching session


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