The ex pro rower I used to go out with was anything but that.The 'professional' rower chicks I associated with suffered from all sorts of ego/ptsd mental issues. They lived on an extreme end of life. They all came to USA from other countries just to row/escape their families so I can't really relate to their experiences, me being a local dirtbag trying to get sober.
Nikki was once of the most balanced and sorted people I've ever met.
Just chatting to her you'd never know she was an Olympic medalist and now a surgeon (After retiring she went to medical school and became an ENT surgeon).