DeeDee Trotter

DEEDEE TROTTER
Keynote speaker | Olympic Champion | chef
WHO IS DEEDEE TROTTER?

Keynote Speaker

DeeDee has been sharing her motivational message all over the world.  She uses her personal experiences as a 400 meter sprinter and her journey to the Olympic podium to motivate others to pursue and achieve their dreams. DeeDee believes that encouraging others to believe in themselves is one of her greatest gifts and purpose of her life

Olympic Champion

For the vast majority of DeeDee Trotter’s career, she was considered by most to be the underdog. She would learn to use this imposed title as sheer motivation to propel herself to many unpredicted triumphs. These accolades include 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Olympic Bronze Medalist, US Champion, and many other championship titles during her reign.

Executive Pastry Chef

After competing 13 years as a professional athlete, DeeDee pursued her dream of becoming a professional pastry chef. At the age of 39, she graduated from the art institute of Atlanta with a perfect 4.0 GPA, which earned her Valedictorian and Top Pastry Students honors. Deedee is now living her dream as the Head Pastry Chef at one of the top golf clubs in Atlanta and she is also the Executive Chef of her own bakery, cleverly named,  “Taste of Gold!

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DeeDee Trotter is a former NCAA national champion in the 400m and competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, DeeDee has found great passion and purpose in sharing her life experiences through being a professional keynote speaker. DeeDee believes strongly that her purpose in life is to use her story to inspire, motivate and help audiences from around the globe transform their lives, businesses and relationships.

I Can. I Must. I Will!™️

DeeDee’s most requested motivational message. In this high energy presentation, DeeDee teaches how to transform pressure into positive power, and how to utilize other internal forces that we all have access to in order to transform our lives, businesses and relationships.

Unleash Your Inner Champion​

 Truly ignites a fire within every person in the room as they share in DeeDee’s Olympic story. This message will open the audiences’ hearts & minds and enable them to understand the true meaning of the word “champion”. 

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

This message encourages teams to work as a unit and focus on a common goal.

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“A true inspiration” Audiences come away awakened, driven, moved and compelled to break down the barriers of life. DeeDee is extremely genuine, passionate and someone I consider to be a true inspiration.
Max SiegelCEO, USA Track & Field
“DeeDee has the power to move the soul and the hearts of the many!” Whenever DeeDee is making her speech, no matter if it’s in front of a small group or thousands of people, everybody leaves that place with a touched soul. Her story is amazing on its own, but the way she delivers it is simply fantastic. She adapts to the audience, young or old, good or bad English, everybody understands the story and she makes it very personal.
Sang-Chul LeePresident, EF Japan
“Captivating, uplifting and unbelievably powerful!” When you hear DeeDee Trotter speak, you will leave a changed person. Her high-energy lights up a room and you can’t help being completely drawn in. Her presentation is riveting, inspiring, extremely motivating, captivating, uplifting and unbelievably powerful! She will leave you wanting to hear more, but most of all you will leave wanting to be more. You will leave believing that anything is possible. You can, You must, You will!
Debra Holden CEO, Holden Homes Property Management
“Dancing, cheering and on the edge of their seats!” DeeDee Trotter connected with students so quickly and profoundly, it almost seemed unreal. Her presentation was insightful, funny, and moving. Students were alternately dancing, cheering, and on the edge of their seats, eyes wide. If you are expecting an athlete to come and parade her medal accomplishments, this is not that. DeeDee’s presentation is so powerful because she leans into her struggles, always connecting them to life in ways the audience can relate to. It was the best presentation to students I’d ever seen.
Alex SherwinDirector of Multimedia, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The Wisdom she left with us was priceless” DeeDee speaks to the forgotten, the discouraged-hero and the superstar that feels less confident. She reminded me that if a mountain shows up in the path of my destiny, just go around or over it! I Can. I must. I will!
Allen RossumFormer 12 year NFL veteran
Every interaction with DeeDee is guaranteed to change the trajectory of your life. You’ll soar higher than you originally thought, and reactivate the dreamer within you. DeeDee’s words of wisdom shifts the dynamics in your life, pushing you to hold yourself to a higher standard. She empowers us all to reframe our vision and give purpose to your passion. Be transformed as DeeDee leaves an indelible heart-print in the fabric of your destiny.
Chioma K IheanachoCreator of Black Rawk Nation
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