Germany's most successful winter Olympian Claudia Pechstein and Olympic cycling champion Kristina Vogel will start their certified trainer training on October 25th at the trainer academy of the German Olympic Sports Confederation in Cologne. “Claudia always said that she would like to work as a trainer. The time is firmly planned ”, confirmed Matthias Große, the President of the German Speed Skating and Short Track Association (DESG) and partner of Pechstein, on Friday of the German Press Agency.
Berlin / Cologne - 49-year-old Pechstein has set herself the goal of becoming the first woman to qualify for the eighth time for the Winter Olympics.
Only a few days after the start of training in Cologne, the five-time Olympic champion will be on the ice at the German speed skating championships in Inzell from October 29th to 31st.
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Former track cyclist Kristina Vogel is also aiming for a career as a trainer.
“Your priority is your work with the federal police.
And within this framework, she will complete the course at the trainer academy, ”confirmed her manager Jörg Werner of the dpa.
The 30-year-old double Olympic champion from Erfurt is the most successful track cyclist in the world with eleven world championship titles.
In a training accident in June 2018, she suffered paraplegia and had to give up her sport.
The two Olympic champions are among the 30 students on the new course at the Trainer Academy, which is offered as a mixture of face-to-face events and a three-year distance learning course.
The aim is to achieve the highest German trainer license.
dpa
