She Wasn’t Ready To Give Up Her Sport Because She Was Pregnant
“When I started my career as a snowboarder, there were a few women who chose to retire and then start a family. Therefore, I thought that in order to have a family, as a professional female snowboarder, I would have to retire to do so as well,” Fasani said in January 2018.
This is a predicament that many professional female athletes face in the middle of their careers. It’s not unusual for a female athlete to retire before starting a family, but Fasani is one of the few women who decided that she didn’t need to follow the status quo.