{"id":6529,"date":"2018-07-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/news\/?p=6529"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:59:36","slug":"michelle-salt-paralympian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/michelle-salt-paralympian","title":{"rendered":"How Michelle Salt Juggles Being a Paralympian and a Real Estate Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On a beautiful summer\u2019s day on June 27th, 2011, Michelle Salt\u2019s life changed forever. A tragic motorcycle accident landed her in hospital, where she remained on life support for seven days with a number of broken bones. After undergoing numerous surgeries, Salt lost her right leg right above the knee. Always optimistic, Salt wouldn\u2019t let the accident stop her from accomplishing her dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was back to work within five months,\u201d she said. Not long after that, Salt became a licensed Realtor and starting her journey as a Canadian Paralympian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Female Canadian Paralympian Snowboarder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Growing up, Salt was always an athlete\u2014she had competed in fitness competitions, played multiple sports and snowboarded recreationally. \u201cI had never competed in snowboarding before,\u201d said Salt. But that didn\u2019t stop her from heading to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. For the first time, they had allowed snowboarding to be considered apart of the worldwide competition. And for the first time, she would be competing on the biggest stage imaginable. \u201cI finished ninth and I was still learning how to snowboard,\u201d said Salt. \u201cBefore I left for Russia, I had been learning how to balance a schedule that was chocked full of work and training.\u201d Considering all of those factors, Salt was proud of her performance but knew she wanted more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Striving to Place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In 2014, Salt competed in her first NPAA fitness competition since the accident. In 2015, she was named a Canadian National Champion after finishing 3rd in the World Cup final held at the Big White Ski Resort in Kelowna, B.C<\/a>. Today, after the recent PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics, Salt is back in her home country recovering from a long trip and difficult battle. When Salt left for China earlier this year, she was ranked number three in the world. Knowing she was competing in a difficult category, her hope was to medal. However, \u201cwe were all so close through each practice run, you never knew who was going to end up on the podium that day,\u201d said Salt. With a fourth and fifth-place finish in her two competitions, she was disappointed she did not achieve her goal of getting a medal. \u201cThere is no animosity in our sport,\u201d said Salt. \u201cWe\u2019ve all been through something and we are all grateful to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juggling Real Estate With Sports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Michelle Salt \/ Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like most competitive athletes in Canada, being self-funded is a large part of the reality Salt faces. \u201cI have to work to support myself, but I think real estate and sport go hand in hand.\u201d Coming home after both the 2014 and 2018 Paralympics, Salt said that she finally felt like getting back to the real estate grind was more comfortable and manageable stress. \u201cI\u2019ve learned to turn stress into something positive,\u201d said Salt. \u201cBoth sport and work have allowed me to do that with one another.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salt says having supportive clients who support her Canadian Paralympian dream is what makes balancing work and competition possible. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely not easy to manage work and training,\u201d said Salt. \u201cBut when you\u2019re passionate about something, you learn to balance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flexible schedule the career offers is another reason Salt loves the world of real estate. On top of always pushing herself to new levels of competition, Salt says she loves to be a part of unique and different things\u2014which is why she chose to work as a Zolo agent. \u201cI love the concept of having a strong online presence,\u201d she said. \u201cI actually use our app myself because it\u2019s so easy to check for new listings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Michelle Salt is preparing for an upcoming fitness competition before she heads into offseason and summertime. Although her 2018 Paralympic finish<\/a> wasn\u2019t what she had hoped for, she says the experience couldn\u2019t have been better. \u201cWe are all there cheering each other on and we\u2019re happy when we see someone on the podium\u2014no matter who that person might be.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any professional athlete will tell you that perfecting the sport takes a lot of time and dedication. Paralympian Michelle Salt has competed in the past two Paralympics, all the while working as a Realtor. Here\u2019s how<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14721,14720],"guide":[],"class_list":["post-6529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-michelle-salt","tag-michelle-salt-realtor"],"acf":[],"zolo_excerpt":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6529"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21507,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6529\/revisions\/21507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6529"},{"taxonomy":"guide","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guide?post=6529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}