About me

Many disciplines. One foundation.

Why I never stayed with a single sport for long? I can't say exactly myself. Sometimes it was circumstances, sometimes my own decision – in any case, I always wanted to try so many things that I never got really good at any one sport. It would almost be easier to list the sports I haven't tried …

Track and field (combined events and middle distance) was the backbone, starting in grammar school and continuing straight through to the Abitur. In between came five years of rowing – our school even had its own rowing club – which I later traded for handball. There we even competed in the top youth league. Volleyball was one of my Abitur exam subjects, (because) my school girlfriend at the time even played in the state league. After school, my sports buddies scattered in all directions. Left to my own devices, I became interested in the longer distances: 10 km, half marathon, marathon. Did I already mention that I was active in two badminton clubs and played squash for 30 years? I'd better stop the list here and let a few pictures speak for themselves …