Munich star snowboarder suffers fourth cruciate ligament tear: "Got a dead tendon"

At 37, professional snowboarder Silvia Mittermüller had a fourth cruciate ligament tear and the second tendon from a dead person.

Still, it will never stop - and soon to Mexico City.

“I want to live.” An interview.

Munich

- boring, conservative, straightforward - not with

.

The life of the

always has surprising twists and turns.

The youngest chapter of the

: her fourth

.

This time it hit the right

,

including

damage to the

.

In 2007 (right), 2008 (right) and 2009 (left), the

had already smashed

her

, and in 2016 she

the currently broken

.

Why you despite the unfortunate

The 37-year-old told us in an interview

three weeks ago that she didn't think about quitting and what sports life is like with

a

.

What does the lively "Sili" do when she is doomed to do nothing?

Mittermüller:

I go swimming without kicking my legs, of course, and I went to the gym.

But the physical scope for activity is limited, which is sobering for the rest of my work.

Is it an advantage or a disadvantage that you already know the procedure?

Mittermüller:

Definitely an advantage.

I know what I can do and don't have to keep

asking

the

.

A

alone wouldn't be so bad either, but since it

hit

the

too, I use

six weeks

and lose almost all of

my

.

Your cruciate ligament has not been replaced with your own tissue material, but with the so-called allograft method, right?

Mittermüller:

 That's right, I got a

a

again

, like in 2008 and 2009. I have

,

so to speak

, which are ten millimeters thicker than the normal

.

The right

lasted for twelve years.

I'm not keen on seeing this all the time, I hope it was the last time.

Silvia Mittermüller suffers fourth cruciate ligament rupture: "I will snowboard forever"

You could put the snowboard aside ...

Mittermüller:

No, I know myself too well.

Even if I

didn't mentally

tricks of

the

, ... (ponders), no, I can't even pronounce that, I know that it won't be like that.

I'm not crazy, but I'll

forever

.

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Silvia Mittermüller from Munich loves snowboarding.

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What do you find fascinating about it?

Mittermüller:

There are an infinite number of tricks, I can constantly challenge myself.

The rail game is never played out, it's almost like an

to me.

When I try new things, I am still tense and my heart beats faster.

If the trick succeeds, the

comes right afterwards

.

Do you want to start again in the World Cup?

Mittermüller:

I made sure that my

were frozen due to the injury status, which the

failed

to do

when I

my

two years ago.

But I leave that open to me and look for the events that I feel like attending.

I would have liked to have driven

the

in March in the Czech Republic, it fell victim to Corona.

But another start at the Olympics is no longer a goal, right?

Mittermüller:

No, I'm proud that I made it to

in

2018

because I was missing that.

But the conditions that we had to start there with gusts of wind of up to 50 km / h were brutal.

I don't feel like going

to icy

in metropolises either, that's not the

I love.

Silvia Mittermüller suffers the fourth cruciate ligament tear: "I have to reckon with a year"

When do you think you'll be back on the board?

Mittermüller:

So far I've been driving again after six months, after seven the shape was fine.

Now, for the first time, I've come to a point where I'm not counting the weeks or setting a specific date.

Since the

and

affected,

said I should count on a year, but I secretly hope that it will be faster.

Until then, I'll be thinking in small steps.

How great it is to be able to carry a cup from A to B again without help is only known to those who have been through it themselves.

How did your environment react, are there voices of warning?

Mittermüller:

My parents used to react that way, but the

were a price that I swallowed.

Today nobody says anything anymore, some of my friends are even wilder than me.

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Joyful: Three weeks ago, Silvia was still in the hospital bed, now she's already turning through the city again.

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37 years old, injured for a year, no bandage behind you - if I may ask, how do you finance such a life?

Mittermüller:

Via a large

around the world, a new door always opens somewhere.

In the summer, for example, we

shot

a five-part

that will probably

come

on

early 2021

.

I also have a place to sleep everywhere and do not value

.

So you are far from settling down?

Mittermüller:

The thought of calming down scares me.

I live quite a

, but I love it.

In the meantime I have been thinking about what I want to do with my life, whether I can think of something else that makes sense, but a

is not

for me.

My next destination could be

.

Why this?

Mittermüller:

I recently took out my

.

I know someone in

.

If my

again, I could imagine going there for a few weeks, right in the center, and only

speaking

.

It's just a pipe dream, but I want to live.

The interview was conducted by Mathias Müller.

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