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'''Alexi Pappas''' or '''Alexia Pappa''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Αλεξία Παππά; born 28 March 1990) is a Greek-American long distance athlete, filmmaker, actor, and writer. As a long distance runner, Alexi has been most successful in the [[10,000 metres|10km]], but has also been a [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[All-American]] at indoor [[3,000 metres]], [[5,000 metres]], and the [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]] as well as the [[Ivy League]] champion in the [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]]. In the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|2016 Summer Olympics Women's 10km]], Pappas represented [[Greece]] and set a national Greek record. As a filmmaker, Alexi directed, co-wrote and starred in ''[[Tracktown]]''. As a writer, Alexi wrote "Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas".
'''Alexi Pappas''' or '''Alexia Pappa''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Αλεξία Παππά; born 28 March 1990) is a Greek-American runner, filmmaker, actor, and writer. Pappas was an [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[All-American]] athlete at both [[Dartmouth College]] and the [[University of Oregon]]. She represented [[Greece]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], setting the [[Greek records in athletics|national record]] for 10k.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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Pappas was born on 28 March 1990, to a [[Greeks|Greek]]-[[Americans|American]] father who has roots from [[Rhodes]] and an [[Americans|American]] mother. She has a brother who is four years older.<ref name="auto">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD3mIgXkXXU Alexi Pappas, Dartmouth College: 2012 Woman of the Year Top 9 Finalists] [[NCAA]] youtube</ref> Pappas grew up in [[Alameda, California]]. Her mother died by suicide when Pappas was four years old.<ref name="cnn">{{cite web |title=Filmmaker and elite marathon runner, Alexi Pappas wants to make sure 'the complete person is happening' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/25/sport/alexi-pappas-olympics-marathon-running-spt-intl-cmd/index.html |website=CNN|date=25 July 2020 }}</ref>

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Pappas was born on 28 March 1990, to a [[Greeks|Greek]]-[[Americans|American]] father who has roots from [[Rhodes]] and an [[Americans|American]] mother, and grew up in [[Alameda, California]]. Her mother died by suicide when Alexi was four years old, an experience that she has said impacted her in major ways.<ref>{{cite web |title=Filmmaker and elite marathon runner, Alexi Pappas wants to make sure 'the complete person is happening' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/25/sport/alexi-pappas-olympics-marathon-running-spt-intl-cmd/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref> She has a brother who is 4 years older.<ref name="auto">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD3mIgXkXXU Alexi Pappas, Dartmouth College: 2012 Woman of the Year Top 9 Finalists] [[NCAA]] youtube</ref>

Pappas graduated with a Bachelor of Arts [[magna cum laude]] in creative writing and English at [[Dartmouth College]] in 2012.<ref name="auto"/>

Pappas graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at [[University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences]] in 2013.

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In 2020 she published a video about her struggle with [[major depressive disorder|depression]], calling for better care of elite athletes' mental health.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pappas |first1=Alexi |title=I Achieved My Wildest Dreams. Then Depression Hit. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/opinion/alexi-pappas-depression.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20201207&instance_id=24784&nl=opinion-today&regi_id=75709127&segment_id=46252&te=1&user_id=7a072d216c26e074163d6c361cd3ab2e |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

She is married to her long-term partner and film-making collaborator, Jeremy Teicher.


==Athletic career==
==Athletic career==
===Bishop O'Dowd High School California Interscholastic Federation===
===Bishop O'Dowd High School California Interscholastic Federation===
As a sophomore at Oakland's [[Bishop O'Dowd High School]], Alexi placed fourth in the Division III girl's race at the [[California Interscholastic Federation]] State Cross Country Championships on 26 November 2005. She covered the [[5km|5K]] course in 18 minutes, 19 seconds leading the girls' team to place 13th at the 2005 [[California Interscholastic Federation|CIF D3 State]] meet.<ref>[http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/2005/05-12-12/aroundthediocese.htm The Catholic Voice Oakland] December 12, 2005</ref>
As a sophomore at Oakland's [[Bishop O'Dowd High School]], Pappas placed fourth in the Division III girls 5K race at the [[California Interscholastic Federation]] State Cross Country Championships in 2005.<ref>[http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/2005/05-12-12/aroundthediocese.htm The Catholic Voice Oakland] 12 December 2005</ref>

She was a soccer midfielder at Bishop O'Dowd '08, where she went by the name '''Lexi Pappas.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2005/stat_res.htm|title=State Finals - 2005|website=lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/alexi-pappas/n-7iY_TmEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/gendersport/girls-soccer-stats.htm|title=Alexi Pappas' High School Girls Soccer Stats|website=MaxPreps.com}}</ref>


Pappas has said that her high school coach refused to let her participate in multiple sports, even though boys at the same high school were permitted to do so, and that this affected her physical development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/female-athletes-need-see-puberty-power-not-weakness/617613/|title=Female Athletes Need to See Puberty as a Power, Not a Weakness|first=Alexi|last=Pappas|date=10 January 2021|website=The Atlantic}}</ref>
Pappas's high school coach refused to let her participate in multiple sports, even though boys at the same high school were permitted to do so, and stated that this affected her physical development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/female-athletes-need-see-puberty-power-not-weakness/617613/|title=Female Athletes Need to See Puberty as a Power, Not a Weakness|first=Alexi|last=Pappas|date=10 January 2021|website=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2005/stat_res.htm|title=State Finals - 2005|website=lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/alexi-pappas/n-7iY_TmEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/gendersport/girls-soccer-stats.htm|title=Alexi Pappas' High School Girls Soccer Stats|website=MaxPreps.com}}</ref>


===NCAA===
===NCAA===
Pappas is a Dartmouth '12 who was a two-time [[NCAA All-American#Cross country running|NCAA all-American]] and one of nine finalists for the 2012 [[NCAA Woman of the Year Award|NCAA Woman of the Year award]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alexi Pappas Dartmouth profile|url=http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=1577633|publisher=dartmouth sports|author=Dartmouth College Athletics|date=December 11, 2011|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref> She also won the 2012 season's Ivy League title in the steeplechase (9:58.80) and qualified for the 2012 [[U.S. Olympic Trials (track and field)|U.S. Olympic Trials]] in Eugene.
Pappas was a two-time [[NCAA All-American#Cross country running|NCAA all-American]] at [[Dartmouth College]]. She was one of nine finalists for the 2012 [[NCAA Woman of the Year Award|NCAA Woman of the Year award]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alexi Pappas Dartmouth profile|url=http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=1577633|publisher=dartmouth sports|author=Dartmouth College Athletics|date=11 December 2011|accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref> She also won the 2012 season's Ivy League title in the steeplechase (9:58.80) and qualified for the 2012 [[U.S. Olympic Trials (track and field)|U.S. Olympic Trials]] in Eugene. Pappas graduated [[magna cum laude]] in creative writing and English from [[Dartmouth College]] in 2012.<ref name="auto"/>


Pappas is an [[University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences|Oregon Masters Fine Arts Creative Writing grad '13]] where she earned three [[NCAA Division I]] [[All-America#Track and field|All-American]] awards. Alexi finished eighth individually at the 2012 [[NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship|NCAA Cross Country Championships]] with a time of 19:43.9 (6,000 meters) helping the [[Oregon Ducks women's cross country]] team win the national title.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alexi Pappas 2012 cross country University of Oregon profile|url=http://www.goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2018 |publisher=goducks.com|author=University of Oregon Athletics|date=June 11, 2013|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref>
Pappas attended the [[University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences|University of Oregon]] as a master's student, where she earned three [[NCAA Division I]] [[All-America#Track and field|All-American]] awards. She finished eighth individually at the 2012 [[NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship|NCAA Cross Country Championships]] with a time of 19:43.9 (6,000 meters) helping the [[Oregon Ducks women's cross country]] team win the national title.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alexi Pappas 2012 cross country University of Oregon profile|url=http://www.goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2018 |publisher=goducks.com|author=University of Oregon Athletics|date=11 June 2013|accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref> She graduated from Oregon with a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing in 2013.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}


===2016 Olympics===
===2016 Olympics===
Pappas became a [[Greece|Greek]] citizen on 8 January 2016 and on 1 May that year she broke the 10,000 m [[list of Greek records in athletics|Greek national record]], which had been in place since 2002. She then represented Greece at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martinelli |first1=Michelle R. |title=Alexi Pappas makes her family proud by making Greek team for Rio |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/06/07/alexi-pappas-greece-track-team/85549378/ |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=7 June 2016}}</ref> At the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|Olympic finals]], she improved her national record when she finished 17th in 31:36.16.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Parker |title=Report: women's 10,000m – Rio 2016 Olympic Games |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/rio-2016-olympic-games-women-10000m |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[World Athletics]] |date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
Pappas became a [[Greece|Greek]] citizen on 8 January 2016 and on 1 May that year she broke the 10,000 m [[list of Greek records in athletics|Greek national record]], which had stood since 2002. She represented Greece at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martinelli |first1=Michelle R. |title=Alexi Pappas makes her family proud by making Greek team for Rio |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/06/07/alexi-pappas-greece-track-team/85549378/ |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=7 June 2016}}</ref> At the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|Olympic finals]], she improved her national record when she finished 17th in 31:36.16.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Parker |title=Report: women's 10,000m – Rio 2016 Olympic Games |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/rio-2016-olympic-games-women-10000m |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[World Athletics]] |date=12 August 2016}}</ref>


===Track and road running===
===2022 Boston Marathon===
Pappas served as a guide for para-athlete Lisa Thompson in the 2022 Boston Marathon, who won the T13 (Visual Impairment) Division with a time of 3:47:25.
[[2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 3000 metres|2011 World Youth Championships]] medalist [[Caroline Chepkoech]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/caroline-chepkoech-kipkirui-258564#honours |title=Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui profile |publisher=[[IAAF]]|date=May 22, 2017|accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref> [[Buze Diriba]] and Alexi Pappas earned top three podium spots at 2016 [[Silicon Valley]] [[Turkey trot]] in 15:18 15:42 and 15:44 respectively on Thanksgiving morning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.runraceresults.com/Secure/RaceResults.cfm?ID=RCSV2016 |title=Silicon Valley Turkey Trot 2016 Elite Pacific Assoc Women 5km |publisher=runraceresults.com |date=November 24, 2016 |accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/mutual-support-propelled-first-time-guide-alexi-pappas-and-para-athlete-lisa-thompson-to-boston-marathon-win/ar-AAWUQ8b | title=Mutual Support Propelled First-Time Guide Alexi Pappas and Para Athlete Lisa Thompson to Boston Marathon Win | website=[[MSN]] }}</ref>


===Personal bests===
===Honors===
Her personal best times are: 1500 metres 4:14:08, 3000 metres 9:05:12, 5000 metres 15:28:38, and 10000 metres 31:36:16 at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, and marathon 2:34:26.

===Honours===
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==Filmmaking==
==Filmmaking==
Pappas is a writer, actor, and producer, known for ''Tall as the Baobab Tree'' (2012), ''Speed Goggles'' (2016), ''[[Tracktown]]'' (2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tracktown_2017/ |title=tracktown |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=May 22, 2017 |accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref> and ''[[Olympic Dreams (film)|Olympic Dreams]]'' (2019), which was the first fictional movie ever filmed in an Olympic village.<ref>{{Cite web|author=George Ramsay|title=Filmmaker and elite marathon runner, Alexi Pappas wants to make sure 'the complete person is happening'|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/25/sport/alexi-pappas-olympics-marathon-running-spt-intl-cmd/index.html|access-date=2020-11-05|website=CNN}}</ref>
Pappas has made several movies as a director, writer, actor, and producer. These include ''Tall as the Baobab Tree'' (2012), ''Speed Goggles'' (2016), ''[[Tracktown]]'' (2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tracktown_2017/ |title=tracktown |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=22 May 2017 |accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref> and ''[[Olympic Dreams (film)|Olympic Dreams]]'' (2019), which was the first fictional movie filmed in an Olympic village.<ref name="cnn"/>


==Author==
==Author==
Pappas's first book, ''Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas'', with a forward by [[Maya Rudolph]],<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/25/sport/alexi-pappas-olympics-marathon-running-spt-intl-cmd/index.html Filmmaker and elite marathon runner, Alexi Pappas wants to make sure 'the complete person is happening'] George Ramsay, CNN July 26, 2020</ref> was published on 12 January 2021.<ref>[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-new-with-you-with-alexi-pappas/id1204523870?i=1000496035957 What's New With You with Alexi Pappas] Ali on the Run Show OCT 25, 2020</ref>
Pappas's first book, ''Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas'', with a foreword by [[Maya Rudolph]],<ref>[https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/alexi-pappas-bravey Bravey Heart With her memoir of heartbreak and hilarity, Olympian and movie-maker Alexi Pappas ’12 stays on track] dartmouthalumnimagazine.com</ref><ref name="cnn"/> was published on 12 January 2021.<ref>[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-new-with-you-with-alexi-pappas/id1204523870?i=1000496035957 What's New With You with Alexi Pappas] Ali on the Run Show OCT 25, 2020</ref><ref>[https://ktla.com/morning-news/entertainment/olympian-alexi-pappas-on-her-new-memoir-bravey/ Olympian Alexi Pappas on her New Memoir 'Bravey'] [[KTLA]]</ref>

==Personal life==
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In 2020 Pappas published a video about her struggle with [[major depressive disorder|depression]], calling for better care of elite athletes' mental health.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pappas |first1=Alexi |title=I Achieved My Wildest Dreams. Then Depression Hit. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/opinion/alexi-pappas-depression.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20201207&instance_id=24784&nl=opinion-today&regi_id=75709127&segment_id=46252&te=1&user_id=7a072d216c26e074163d6c361cd3ab2e |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 December 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Alexi Pappas
Personal information
NationalityAmerican and Greek
Born (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990 (age 34)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Home townAlameda, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Sport
Country Greece
SportTrack and field
Event(s)10,000 metres
5,000 metres
College teamDartmouth College (2008-2012)
Oregon Ducks (2012-13)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2016
10,000 m, 17th
Personal bests

Alexi Pappas or Alexia Pappa (Greek Αλεξία Παππά; born 28 March 1990) is a Greek-American runner, filmmaker, actor, and writer. Pappas was an NCAA All-American athlete at both Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon. She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, setting the national record for 10k.

Early life and education

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Pappas was born on 28 March 1990, to a Greek-American father who has roots from Rhodes and an American mother. She has a brother who is four years older.[1] Pappas grew up in Alameda, California. Her mother died by suicide when Pappas was four years old.[2]

Athletic career

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Bishop O'Dowd High School California Interscholastic Federation

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As a sophomore at Oakland's Bishop O'Dowd High School, Pappas placed fourth in the Division III girls 5K race at the California Interscholastic Federation State Cross Country Championships in 2005.[3]

Pappas's high school coach refused to let her participate in multiple sports, even though boys at the same high school were permitted to do so, and stated that this affected her physical development.[4][5][6]

NCAA

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Pappas was a two-time NCAA all-American at Dartmouth College. She was one of nine finalists for the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year award.[7] She also won the 2012 season's Ivy League title in the steeplechase (9:58.80) and qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene. Pappas graduated magna cum laude in creative writing and English from Dartmouth College in 2012.[1]

Pappas attended the University of Oregon as a master's student, where she earned three NCAA Division I All-American awards. She finished eighth individually at the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 19:43.9 (6,000 meters) helping the Oregon Ducks women's cross country team win the national title.[8] She graduated from Oregon with a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing in 2013.[citation needed]

2016 Olympics

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Pappas became a Greek citizen on 8 January 2016 and on 1 May that year she broke the 10,000 m Greek national record, which had stood since 2002. She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[9] At the Olympic finals, she improved her national record when she finished 17th in 31:36.16.[10]

2022 Boston Marathon

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Pappas served as a guide for para-athlete Lisa Thompson in the 2022 Boston Marathon, who won the T13 (Visual Impairment) Division with a time of 3:47:25. [11]

Honors

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Greece
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 11th 10,000 m 32:27.80
11th 5,000 m 15:56.75
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17th 10,000 m 31:36.16 NR

Filmmaking

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Pappas has made several movies as a director, writer, actor, and producer. These include Tall as the Baobab Tree (2012), Speed Goggles (2016), Tracktown (2017),[12] and Olympic Dreams (2019), which was the first fictional movie filmed in an Olympic village.[2]

Author

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Pappas's first book, Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas, with a foreword by Maya Rudolph,[13][2] was published on 12 January 2021.[14][15]

Personal life

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In 2020 Pappas published a video about her struggle with depression, calling for better care of elite athletes' mental health.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alexi Pappas, Dartmouth College: 2012 Woman of the Year Top 9 Finalists NCAA youtube
  2. ^ a b c "Filmmaker and elite marathon runner, Alexi Pappas wants to make sure 'the complete person is happening'". CNN. 25 July 2020.
  3. ^ The Catholic Voice Oakland 12 December 2005
  4. ^ Pappas, Alexi (10 January 2021). "Female Athletes Need to See Puberty as a Power, Not a Weakness". The Atlantic.
  5. ^ "State Finals - 2005". lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com.
  6. ^ "Alexi Pappas' High School Girls Soccer Stats". MaxPreps.com.
  7. ^ Dartmouth College Athletics (11 December 2011). "Alexi Pappas Dartmouth profile". dartmouth sports. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. ^ University of Oregon Athletics (11 June 2013). "Alexi Pappas 2012 cross country University of Oregon profile". goducks.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. ^ Martinelli, Michelle R. (7 June 2016). "Alexi Pappas makes her family proud by making Greek team for Rio". USA Today. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ Morse, Parker (12 August 2016). "Report: women's 10,000m – Rio 2016 Olympic Games". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Mutual Support Propelled First-Time Guide Alexi Pappas and Para Athlete Lisa Thompson to Boston Marathon Win". MSN.
  12. ^ "tracktown". Rotten Tomatoes. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  13. ^ Bravey Heart With her memoir of heartbreak and hilarity, Olympian and movie-maker Alexi Pappas ’12 stays on track dartmouthalumnimagazine.com
  14. ^ What's New With You with Alexi Pappas Ali on the Run Show OCT 25, 2020
  15. ^ Olympian Alexi Pappas on her New Memoir 'Bravey' KTLA
  16. ^ Pappas, Alexi (7 December 2020). "I Achieved My Wildest Dreams. Then Depression Hit". The New York Times.
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