“I’m a multi-talent,” says Angelina Salli about herself. And as soon as the young ID judoka has shed her nervousness, it becomes clear what she means by that. There are so many topics the 22-year-old likes to talk about. Her interests are many and varied, and she talks about it so vividly and eloquently that the mental limitations with which she was born are not even noticeable at first.
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She lives out her creativity when sewing and prefers to bake parrot cakes – “but without a parrot”, as she emphasizes with a smile. Cooking, attending concerts, dancing, photography, but also movement play a major role in her life. Because in addition to judo training twice a week, she goes to the gym on weekends to train her strength and attends Zumba classes. Salli doesn’t seem to know boredom.
Since 2017 she has been working in the carpentry workshop at Hanover. “I’ve already built rabbit houses,” she says proudly. In general, the strong young woman is more of the manual type. She finds reading, writing and arithmetic difficult. Their memory is also poor, especially when it comes to time periods and numbers. Nevertheless, the cheerful athlete tries to be as independent as possible in everyday life. Her mother supports and encourages her to the best of her ability, practicing ways with her until her daughter can cope with them on her own.
Basic training at TuS Bothfeld
Firm ties are important for Angelina. “When these are gone, she suffers a lot,” says her mother. So it is not surprising that the judoka has been training at the Hanover Police Sports Club (PSV) for almost ten years. At TuS Bothfeld she enjoyed her basic sports training as a child.
She developed so well that at some point in training she lacked equally strong opponents and with it the opportunity to expand her skills. Since moving to PSV, she can now also fight in training with partners who challenge her.
Where this motivation can lead is shown by her previous participation in the Special Olympics in Hanover and Bremen, the honor of “Sportsman of the Year” from the former Lord Mayor Stefan Schostok and, last but not least, the European Championship title in 2019 in the over 78 kilogram class.
Salli has already experienced a lot in her sporting career and also knows how to use the trappings of the respective event. “When we were at the International German Individual Championships in Berlin, I went through the Brandenburg Gate for the first time. That was great! ”She says with a smile.
And when she thinks about her encounter with the winner of the Olympic bronze medal in London 2012 Dimitri Peters at the Youth Country Cup, she almost raves. “He’s so big and can fight so well. And he’s my role model. He even gave me an autograph on my jacket and shook my hand. I was very happy there. “
