Emma Pooley
Olympic silver medalist and world-class endurance cyclist, ETH Zurich PhD alumna in geotechnical engineering, and author of the cookbook Oat to Joy, who discusses balancing elite sport with academic and professional life.
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Sep 4, 2025 • 30min
Olympian, Engineer, Cookbook Author: Emma Pooley’s Impressive Life
Emma Pooley, Olympic silver medalist, ETH Zurich PhD in geotechnical engineering, and author of Oat to Joy, talks about switching from maths to engineering and moving to Zurich. She shares starting cycling late, epic races and crashes, balancing a PhD with pro training, winter training abroad, writing her oat-focused cookbook, and shifting back into engineering work.
