Santa Brought Julia Dujmovits Her First Snowboard

Santa Brought Julia Dujmovits Her First Snowboard

Being passionate about something or loving what you do is something all champions and sport aficionados have in common, yet turning a hobby into a career, that’s a big step. Julia Dujmovits took a leap of faith and after trying many sports, she chose snowboarding. And what a great choice she made for her life! 

Sarka Strachova's Journey from Alpine Skiing to Sports Clinic

Sarka Strachova's Journey from Alpine Skiing to Sports Clinic

All the athletes we have interviewed - Julia Dujmovits, Anke Woehrer or Konrad Niedźwiedzki, had at least a plan, if not already a second career lined up. Alpine skiing Olympic medalist Šárka Strachová is no exception!  Now she's totally dedicated to managing her wholistic & sports clinic in Prague.

Konrad NiedZwiedzki's Dreams of the Future

Konrad NiedZwiedzki's Dreams of the Future

As PyeongChang 2018 is not far away and winning an Olympic medal feels amazing, we tackled this topic first ... But as this may be a priority for the moment, Konrad's long term plans are getting even bigger and they also include his beautiful fiancée, Katarzyna Woźniak, also an Olympian and speed skater.

What Most People Don't Know about Anke Woehrer

What Most People Don't Know about Anke Woehrer

We all have our little secrets, ideas, things we do not often talk about and Anke Woehrer makes no exception. While spending time with Anke trying to get to know her better, we found out a few things that most people do not know about her.  

Training Lessons IN SNOWBOARDING from Julia Dujmovits

Training Lessons IN SNOWBOARDING from Julia Dujmovits

Julia Dujmovits is a snowboarding champion despite of the fact that her home town is in the low lands, so not too many glaciers around to train on. But this did not stop her from dreaming, training and finding new, creative ways to reach her goal! She found lots of ways to train during summer or while on a holiday apart from the ones compulsory for becoming an Olympic Gold medalist.

Winning Alpine Skiing Olympic BRONZE for Czech Republic

Winning Alpine Skiing Olympic BRONZE for Czech Republic

Šárka Strachová has great determination, is very inspiring, definitely born to be in the lead, whether we are taking about a sports career or her life as a business woman. Here is how Šárka remembers her Olympic moment and how it felt to win for her country!

Winning A GOLD MEDAL IN the Olympics is Amazing, Yet It Takes a Heavy Toll

Winning A GOLD MEDAL IN the Olympics is Amazing, Yet It Takes a Heavy Toll

It takes hard work, dedication, perseverance, and much love fos snowboarding to pursue it as a career and become Olympic champion. And sometimes it takes witnessing a tragedy to reshuffle your life. Kaprun, 11th of November 2000 is a day which means a lot for Julia Dujmovits, and the next clip will reveal the connection about the sentences above. Julia is not just a snowboarding Olympic medalist, but also a champion of life!   

What It Takes to Become a Snowboarding Champion

What It Takes to Become a Snowboarding Champion

Childhood dreams do come true, yet the journey of getting where we want is not an easy one. Anke Woehrer dreamt of becoming a snowboarding Olympic Champion and she did it. Find out what is her advice for those thinking of choosing a sports career.  

Konrad Niedzwiedzki - life of a speed skating champion

Konrad Niedzwiedzki - life of a speed skating champion

To become the best in the world requires hours and years of dedication, hard work and willingness to overcome any kind of obstacles. Let's listen to Konrad Niedźwiedzki sharing his experience and advice on what it takes to become an Olympic champion.

Choosing Snowboarding at 11 Years Old

Choosing Snowboarding at 11 Years Old

As Anke Woehrer says, the idea of making a career in sports has been with her ever since kindergarten, yet that was just the beginning. The trouble was choosing which sports, but fortunately, her older brother gave her a little bit of help!

Thinking about PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Thinking about PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Winning the first medal in the Olympic Games is an overwhelming experience and for any sports champion such as Anke Woehrer, so dreaming of adding new ones to the collection is only natural. Who wouldn't? Here are some of Anke Woehrer's thoughts about PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Training to Win an Olympic Medal at Speed Skating

Training to Win an Olympic Medal at Speed Skating

In some respects a successful athlete such as Konrad Niedźwiedzki is born to win and an Olympic medal is one of the pinnacles of sporting achievement. So, when we interviewed Konrad we were curious to find out more about his training routine.  

Alpine Skiing - Sarka Strachova's Love at First Try

Alpine Skiing - Sarka Strachova's Love at First Try

Numerologists would argue that 11 is a power number and those born on such a day inspire people and that their presence is galvanizing. Maybe this is why it is not a coincidence that Šárka Strachová, born on February 11th, holds many of those great traits and, who knows, this could be one of the reasons behind her winning an Olympic medal in alpine skiing.

When You Have a Husky Like Jaws!

When You Have a Husky Like Jaws!

For Anke Woehrer, Jaws, her loving Siberian Husky, is more than just a friend! Husky Jaws is the one who motivates her even when she doesn't feel like training, recharges her batteries and helps her through tough times. Let's see what Anke has to say about Husky Jaws' constant help! 

Anke Woehrer's Life with Siberian Husky Jaws

Anke Woehrer's Life with Siberian Husky Jaws

So, now that you've already met Siberian Husky Jaws, Anke Woehrer's amazing friend, let's find out how he gets along with people in general. Later we'll see what Jaws and Anke love to do together and whether Anke can imagine her life without a pet. 

Meeting Julia Dujmovits and Siberian Husky Kira

Meeting Julia Dujmovits and Siberian Husky Kira

It took Pets of Champions' team a trip to Burgenland (Austria) to meet Julia Dujmovits, the first Gold Olympic medalist in Snowboarding and her favorite Siberian Husky Kira! They may not spend too much time together since Julia's training takes her all over the world, but they still have the same routine every time they meet.

Anke Woehrer – Snowboarding in Three Olympic Games

Anke Woehrer – Snowboarding in Three Olympic Games

Anke Woehrer is one of Germany’s top athletes and the proud owner, amongst other things, of an Olympic Silver medal for Parallel Slalom in Sochi, 2014. She lives with her husband in a beautiful Bavarian city, in Bernau am Chiemsee, sharing their lovely home with the one and only Jaws, a 5-year-old blue-eyed Siberian Husky, which Anke “adopted” by marriage.