Dr Jana Pittman Travels from Sydney, NSW

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Achievements
Ageing
Author
Communication
Female Speaker
Goal Setting
Health
Master Of Ceremonies
Motivational
Olympian
Resilience
Sport
Workshops

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Two times world champion, four times Commonwealth champion - in the sport of athletics, Jana Pittman personifies resilience and determination. When continual injuries hampered her athletic career and could have signalled retirement, she swapped the track for the ice, joining the Australian women's bobsled team and becoming the first woman to represent Australia in both a Summer (2000, 2004) and Winter (2014) Olympic Games.

Off the track, Jana completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at Western Sydney University in 2019 (graduating with First Class Honours and the university medal) and is now a doctor in Women's Health.

She completed a Masters of Reproductive Medicine at the University of New South Wales in 2020 and has initiated her PhD in Obstetrics (focusing on aspects of uterus transplantation).

This busy woman is proud mum to six children: Cornelis; little sisters Emily and Jemima; Charlie; and most recently, twins Quinlan and Willow.

Having experienced her own personal scare with cervical dysplasia, Jana became an ambassador for the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation. In 2021, Jana was a participant in the gruelling television show SAS Australia on Channel 7. She made it to the last day of the course and was the final female standing among the 18 celebrity recruits, despite having given birth only five and a half months previously.

Keynote Titles

Just Jana
Overcoming Fear
Finding your Inspiration: Your Why
The New You - A Rebrand or Recharge
Team Building and Leadership
Rising to the Challenge: Tricks & Tips

Testimonials

Please let Jana know we are still hearing from delegates about how fabulous and inspiring she was. Her presentation was fantastic in closing the forum and energising everyone to take on their next challenge.

Australian College Of Nursing

It was such a wonderful day and her insights were so valuable and really helped to make our event such a success. Our audience left inspired and informed and most importantly with big smiles on their faces! Personally, I loved hearing her advice about reframing FEAR and FAIL and adored seeing her kids watching her on stage! Really appreciate her time, just wish I got to chat to her for longer – hopefully we will meet another time.

Australian Women's Weekly

Jana was very well received by all of the audience. There were conversations for the entire 2 days of Showcase and she is still being talked about. Her message of resilience and mentoring had meaning to staff and clinicians at all levels across the organisation. We are still buzzing here (bumblebees).

Queensland Department Of Health