Seven medals in one selfie: Maria Höfl-Riesch meets German summer Olympic legend on Lake Garda

Created: 07/08/2022 14:19

By: Andreas Knobloch

Maria Höfl-Riesch (right) meets Britta Heidemann at Lake Garda.

© Screenshot Instagram Höfl-Riesch/Heidemann

Maria Höfl-Riesch likes to spend a lot of time a year at Lake Garda.

A stone's throw from beautiful Upper Bavaria - now she met an Olympic legend.

Punta San Vigilio - In the lower third of Lake Garda are the places that (German) tourists like to go to.

Holidays on Lake Garda, many Bavarians have already ticked the line in the to-do list.

Sirmione, Bardolino, Lazise, ​​Peschiera or even the promontory Punta San Vigilio - there is certainly one or the other town on the water that one or the other has heard of.

Maria Höfl-Riesch also likes to spend a lot of time at the well-known lake, now the winter sports legend has met another Olympic heroine.

For example, Höfl-Riesch was on the other side of the river on June 24, as she announced on Instagram.

Lake Garda is also divided in the middle according to affiliation.

To the west you are in Lombardy, to the east in Veneto.

And in Veneto, Höfl-Riesch, who was upset about a domestic flight in May, just met Britta Heidemann.

Riesch, who put her professional skis in the shed in 2014, and Heidemann, who ended her career in 2018, should definitely be on the Olympic fans' screens, the two won seven medals.

Meeting of the Olympic heroines at Lake Garda: Maria Höfl-Riesch and Britta Heidemann

Born in Cologne, she celebrated the greatest success of her fencing career with the gold medal in 2008 in Beijing.

In China, she is one of the best-known German athletes.

In 2004 in Athens she won silver with the team, in 2012 in London she was unable to defend her title and won silver in the individual.

Riesch won two ski golds in Vancouver in 2010, one gold and one silver in Sochi in 2014.

She writes under the picture: "(Ex-) athletes meeting at Lago.

It was nice, dear Britta Heidemann.”

Maria Höfl-Riesch not only met Olympic heroine Heidemann, but also Felix Loch some time ago

"Two legends" or "two great women" says the comment column on Instagram.

A fan writes: "Even the sun gets jealous with so much shine".

Yes, seven Olympic medals in a Lake Garda selfie isn't that common.

At the beginning of June, Höfl-Riesch also spent time with Felix Loch and his wife Lisa.

In Gargnano there were "only" 6 Olympic medals to be seen, but Loch only won gold.

It will be interesting to see who will soon be in front of the lens of the former skier.