AN Edinburgh-based speaker agency has added Olympic eventer Jonty Evans to its growing list of speakers a year after he was discharged from hospital following suffering a serious brain injury in a fall and being in a coma for several weeks.
Evans, who competed for Ireland at the 2016 Rio Olympics, fell from his horse Art at the Tattersalls International Horse Trials in County Meath in June 2018. Doctors told his family to prepare for the worst, but Evans regained consciousness and had to learn to talk and walk during an intensive rehabilitation programme.
Evans will now share his story of resilience and determination with audiences through his work as an inspirational speaker.
He said: “I believe my positive mindset and that of those around me has helped me hugely in facing these many challenges during my recovery.”
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Speaker Buzz, which launched last year, is a new kind of speaker agency which focuses on mental health.
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