Developing character through swimming
With Brenton Ford on what two decades in elite sport taught Jason about character, identity and performing under pressure.
Jason Cram is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, a 2003 World Champion, and a swimming commentator for Channel 9. He speaks to camera and to a room with the same honesty. Everything you need to feature or book him is below.
With Brenton Ford on what two decades in elite sport taught Jason about character, identity and performing under pressure.
The arc from Commonwealth Games gold to rebuilding a life and a business after the winning stopped.
The practical, graded approach Jason uses to help adults meet deep water fear instead of avoiding it.
Elite sport, superyachts, Antarctica and the turn toward purpose, in one long-form conversation.
Swimming commentator for Channel 9's Wide World of Sports, calling elite swimming live to a national audience.
2002 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and 2003 World Champion in the 4×200m freestyle relay.
Crew aboard the Arctic P, the 88-metre explorer yacht that holds the Guinness World Record for the furthest south any vessel has ever sailed (Ross Sea, 78°43′S).
Creator of the SURRENDRA method and author of the forthcoming memoir The Fear Within.
Channel 9 · Wide World of Sports, live swimming commentary.
Lifestyle Medicine, on performance, fear and the mind.
University of Sydney, guest speaker.
ASSA, the Australian Swim Schools Association, speaker and member.
ETHOS Psychology, swimming in the shadows of giants, and the inner critic.
Effortless Swimming, character through swimming, and training alongside Ian Thorpe.
Lifestyle Pirates, podcast guest.
For interviews, panels and commentary, Jason is a sharp, honest voice on performance under pressure, fear and the nervous system, athletic identity and life after sport, and the science of water and the mind.
Short and long-form biographies and a read-aloud introduction, on the planners page.
A single-page PDF overview of Jason, his talks and his record.
High-resolution stage and portrait imagery available on request.
Available for podcasts, broadcast, panels and written features.
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