Olympic hope - Niemesch: Standing of women's wrestling has risen
According to Olympic starter Luisa Niemesch, her former teammate Aline Rotter-Focken's gold coup has boosted women's wrestling in Germany in recent years. "Our standing has definitely risen as a result - even in the male wrestling world," Niemesch told the German Press Agency. "We get more recognition and more respect." Rotter-Focken won gold at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo - the first German female wrestler to do so. "Since then, more people can relate when I say that I also wrestle," explained Niemesch.
The 28-year-old from the North Baden club SV Germania Weingarten has secured the German Wrestling Federation's (DRB) only ticket so far for the Games in Paris next summer. After silver and bronze at the last European Championships and fifth place at the last World Championships in September, she now wants to attack at the Olympics in the weight class up to 62 kilograms. "A top 8 result would be great, a medal would of course be a dream," said Niemesch, who already competed at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro - but was still quite inexperienced at the time.
After the big highlight in Paris, Niemesch, who works in a tax firm in Freiburg in addition to her training, wants to focus on her career. "As things stand, it will be my last major international competition," she said. Whether other German wrestlers will make the leap to France will be decided at the qualifying tournaments next spring.
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- In a recent interview with the German Press Agency in Stuttgart, Luisa Niemesch discussed the impact of Aline Rotter-Focken's gold medal at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo on women's wrestling in Germany.
- Rotter-Focken's victory marked the first time a German female wrestler had won gold at the Olympics, and according to Niemesch, it has increased recognition and respect for women's wrestling in Germany even within the male wrestling world.
- Niemesch, a 28-year-old from Baden-Württemberg, has so far secured the German Wrestling Federation's (DRB) only ticket to the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris next summer.
- After winning silver and bronze at the last European Championships and finishing fifth at the last World Championships, Niemesch is aiming for a top 8 finish at the Olympics in the weight class up to 62 kilograms and hopes for a medal.
- Following her anticipated last major international competition in Paris, Niemesch plans to focus on her career in her tax firm in Freiburg while waiting for other German wrestlers to qualify for the Olympics.
Source: www.stern.de
