In the beginning it was just fun: in my childhood and youth it did not look like there was a path set for a competitive sports career. Back then, I did not do much swimming, cycling, or running. However, being a Waldorf school pupil and a child from the countryside, I spent a lot of time outside in nature, but there was no connection with what I was doing then to what I call today doing sports. It was only after my registration for a climbing course and my membership into my first club, the German Alpine Club, that I started to develop my passion for sports.

In the beginning it was just fun: in my childhood and youth it did not look like there was a path set for a competitive sports career. Back then, I did not do much swimming, cycling, or running. However, being a Waldorf school pupil and a child from the countryside, I spent a lot of time outside in nature, but there was no connection with what I was doing then to what I call today doing sports. It was only after my registration for a climbing course and my membership into my first club, the German Alpine Club, that I started to develop my passion for sports.