Jasmin Schornberg is twice World Champion and four times European Champion in Canoe Slalom sports. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar President Women Fitness.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You were born in Lippstadt and took part in different sports like tennis, swimming and football. You got interested in canoe slalom as your mother was a regular competitor of the sport. At the age of 12 years you started training for canoe slalom.You reached the pinnacle of success when you won in 2007 World Championships Gold at Foz do Iguaçu in K-1 team. Tell us about your journey that took you to where you are now in the world as a slalom canoeist ?
Ms. Jasmin Schornberg:
During the time I went to school I was paddling once a day. Initially it was just for fun and also because I had (still have) a lot of friends in this sport. After a while I became better and better, that’s why I became more determined. In my fist Junior-Year I qualified myself for the junior national team. From this moment on, I always traveled and raced lot and grew with all the training and races. After the Junior Team I qualified myself for the senior team, I am still in it after 10 Years.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You have selected a sports of slalom canoeist that requires a lot of hard labor, technical soundness and excellence in different faculties to finally succeed, how do you achieve that?
Ms. Jasmin Schornberg:
My coach from my club said that I have talent to get successful in this sport. But talent during all the years was not enough. After School (2005) I moved to Augsburg because of the sport and became a sport soldier, so as to get the best support and started to exercise to get better and more fit. Not just on the water, because in addition to be a technic on the water, you need some power and different skills of coordination. I also like to do different sports like skiing that help me to get more and better fit.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
How could you overcome the element of fear in canoe slalom as a sport?
Ms. Jasmin Schornberg:
I have no fear in my sport. If I do some white water sessions and paddling big water, I have just respect for the element water.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
What exercises comprise your fitness regime or workout routine you shall like to share?
Ms. Jasmin Schornberg:
I thinks it’s important not to have just one workout routine. To variate the things, like not to do always the same routine.
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