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Motherhood and career: Not an easy combination in Miriam Neureuther's eyes.
Especially not in winter sports and in Germany.
Munich - Working and being a mother – this balancing act is still not an easy one for many women and families today.
Of course, this also applies to competitive athletes.
In an interview, former top biathlete Miriam Neureuther denounces this social circumstance in clear words.
Miriam Neureuther |
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Born: |
June 21, 1990 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
Sport: |
Biathlon (career ended 2019) |
Achievements (selection): |
2 x world champion, 1 x Olympic silver, 7 x World Cup victories |
Neureuther rejected biathlon comeback because of her role as a mother
In an interview with the sport1.de
portal,
the 33-year-old, who won two world championship titles and one Olympic silver medal during her active career, outlines the difficulties that come with combining a sports career and family.
The once successful winter sports athlete and wife of Felix Neureuther became a mother for the first time in 2017 and now looks after two daughters and a son.
Miriam Neureuther explains that the “center of my life today is clearly my three children and my husband.”
She is still his big biathlon fan, but she seems to be ruling out a comeback.
The mother of three particularly criticizes the conditions for women in this country: “I have to honestly say that I have noticed that in our society we have not yet reached the point where as a mother you can participate again in the way I would like would."
For her, family and especially her three children come first: Miriam Neureuther.
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Miriam Neureuther: “The door is still closed for mothers in winter sports”
Neureuther specified her impression in the interview and explained: “For example, many people told me that I was welcome at any time.
But without my child.
And I didn't want that, I had a child to be a mom.
I find it very difficult to have a career and being a mother on equal terms.”
Although she thinks it's good that well-known sports stars like Angelique Kerber made a timely comeback after the birth of their child, in her case the conditions seem to be different: "For mothers in winter sports, however, the door is still relatively closed, At least in Germany.” Felix Neureuther recently spoke about their children and the topic of raising children in a TV show.
(chnnn)