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Name:
Olivier Elima
Job: Professional rugby league player for Wakefield Trinity
Wildcats and French international second-row
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best things about the job is that you are doing something that
you really enjoy doing." |
Olivier
Elima, your Question and Answer session starts now...
How
did you get into the job?
I started
playing rugby league as a child for leisure, as I had too much energy
left after school, and my mum couldn't cope with it!
What
is the job about?
We
are competing in the Super League championship and Challenge Cup
so as a professional rugby player I am training on a daily basis,
working on fitness, agility and with weights.
What
are the best and worst things about your job?
The
best things about the job is that you are doing something that you
really enjoy doing, and you get up every morning to go to work looking
forward to it. There is also the fans, and relationships between
players.
The worst things can be the results and injuries, as well as the
pressures of the games.
Have
you had any embarrassing moments or have you got any funny stories
tell?
Once
in France, my country of origin, I played a game and during it somebody
had grabbed my shorts to tackle me and I was running without anything
on for about 40 metres! But as a consolation I scored a try!
If
you weren't doing this job what would you be doing?
I would
like to become a physio, but at this time I'll probably need to
be a student to do this job. Anything in sport and physiotherapy.
Have
you got any heroes in your field of work?
There's
some unknown rugby players that I admire back in France but for
professional players, Andrew Johns who plays in Australia, and my
Dad!!
What
advice would you give to someone who wants to work in your field?
That
he should think a lot about it and even if you see the glory on
TV, it's not like that, you really have to work hard, there are
ups and downs, and the job is for a maximum of 12 years for a forward
like me!
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