#Rachel dozer pro
#Rachel dozer professional

' Abby and Pearcy would quiz me on the bus rides with my flash cards,' recalled Van Hollebeke. Some of the biggest soccer stars in the women's game suddenly turned teachers and would test Buehler. Her USWNT teammates were only too happy to help out as she studied for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) while on the road, playing international matches all over the world.

#Rachel dozer pro

USA win third consecutive women's football gold Buelher Outstanding in two fieldsīut this decorated Olympian, who also won a runners-up medal at the 2011 World Cup in Germany, always had it clear that she would go into the medical profession.Īfter shining at Stanford on and off the soccer pitch, then going pro as a player, she deferred her admission to medical school at the University of California-San Diego four times.īut the young Rachel Buelher always kept one foot in medicine, learning from team doctors and volunteering at local hospitals, living one dream while constantly preparing for another. 'It just makes me feel proud that I've had a family that has really given a lot back to society, to humanity and caring for people,' she said.Īt London 2012 she was a key player in the USA's historic three-in-a-row gold medal victory. Even her younger sister is a doctor now too. This Olympic champion followed her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather into medicine.

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That work ethic, that determination really translates,' the 35-year-old told CBS News at the beginning of December.Īfter over 100 appearances for the USA senior national team and more than ten years of college and professional football, Buehler Van Hollebeke retired in 2015 and started medical school literally a day later.

Nicknamed 'Buehldozer' on the pitch for her tenacious style as a defender, now they call her 'Doctor Dozer' in practice, bringing the same energy and dedication from her USWNT days to helping people and saving lives.Īnd she says that she has taken many skills with her from one field to another. Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke won Olympic football gold at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics, now she's gone from football to the frontline of the Covid-19 coronavirus as a doctor at home in the United States.