Episode Details

Fatima Whitbread sits down for one of the most honest and powerful conversations of her life.

From being abandoned and left for dead as a baby, growing up in the care system and surviving childhood abuse, to becoming an Olympic medallist, World Champion and world-record holder — Fatima's story is one of extraordinary resilience.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 intro

1:24 Streetlife out now Shizzio X UK Apache X Devlin

1:46 Welcome Fatima / icon from era of greats

4:17 table of accolades

5:18 born survivor / left for dead at birth

7:35 rescued as a baby / care system

8:27 mum being held accountable

11:10 I have forgiven my mum

12:47 being sexually abused / siblings

13:57 adoption was not allowed / love

15:23 reunited with mum for 1st time

18:20 name ‘Fatima’ origin

18:54 my mum didn’t want me

22:45 Auntie Ray / new care home

24:29 will you be my mummy?

26:46 vivid memories

26:57 care staff had no empathy / beatings

28:17 sent back with mum despite concerns

28:49 sexually abused when returned to mum

30:49 escaping sexual abuse at age 11 / aftermath

33:52 did mum ever get arrested?

35:57 meeting Mrs. Whitbread / 1st Javelin

43:02 Mrs Whitbread took me in

45:34 kids book to help understanding

46:19 law changes in adoption / new mum & family

47:57 taking Javelin seriously

49:31 why the javelin?

52:16 family love / javelin main focus

53:10 I was the 1st / world record holder

54:28 silver medal made me stronger

56:01 talent vs time / Mt Everest climb

56:54 this Brit came and broke the world record

58:58 breaking my own world record

1:00:19 UK hero / handling fame

1:02:40 sports pers of the year / gold medal

1:06:13 introducing Javelin to the UK

1:06:59 better than men / Steve Backley

1:08:23 press found my bio mum / book breakdown

1:11:11 telling my story cost me the gold medal / campaign

1:13:21 suffering from a breakdown / silver medal

1:16:43 are medals real? antiques road show

1:18:12 other events? / back fracture

1:19:09 make money? / female with muscles bad press

1:20:06 equal pay / motivation / money made & spent

1:23:21 sticker shown / TV shows & ads

1:24:45 household name / national treasure

1:25:17 MBE award

1:26:23 I danced with Michael Jackson!

1:27:37 singing with Shirley Bassey / Monaco

1:28:31 Auntie Ray relationship

1:29:14 injury forces retirement

1:31:51 reality TV saved me

1:32:37 I’m a celebrity get me out of here

1:34:17 eating trial I’m a celeb

1:35:05 viral stuck cockroach on I’m a celeb

1:38:06 going back to I’m a celeb / David Haye

1:39:19 celebrity SAS / I still train / Mt climbing

1:42:58 Fatima’s campaign to improve the care system

1:46:09 government & society help for care system

1:48:19 changes needed in the care system

1:50:32 what happened with biological mum?

1:50:55 becoming a mum / breaking the cycle

1:52:20 do you really forgive your bio mum?

1:53:57 are you a person of god?

1:55:26 do you feel British? / religion

1:56:19 AI Q’s / finding dad

1:57:47 mum / siblings / family

1:59:52 trauma / regrets / healing

2:01:19 CS failures / confronting

2:02:22 family vs titles / Maggie Thatcher

2:03:48 Tessa Sanderson beef

2:05:59 my world record is still unbeaten

2:08:50 best athletes of all time

2:10:06 athletes then Vs now

2:11:38 Olympics in Stratford

2:12:03 cockroach will outlive Gold medals

2:12:46 Quick fire Q’s

2:13:45 private dinner with the queen

2:15:07 quick fire Q’s cont…

2:19:40 Fatima Whitbread movie?

2:21:34 quick fire Q’s cont…

2:25:44 final msg / thank you