SZ: Sport is …?
Patricia Riekel: …it’s best when you can watch others doing it.
Your current fitness level?
Better than it looks.
Rim upswing or stopover?
Definitely a retreat.
Physical education class was for you?
I can’t answer, I’ve always been absent.
Your personal record?
Once swam across Lake Starnberg, but that was a long time ago.
Stadium or TV athlete?
Neither nor.
Bavaria or sixty?
Of course the FCB, if only because of the peace in the house.
Your eternal sports idol?
I only admire people for their intelligence and attitude.
A formative experience?
Row your own kayak from Ambach to Roseninsel and back. I still like doing that.
In which discipline would you be an Olympic champion?
I’m afraid not in any.
Which athlete would you like to swap jerseys with?
If you want to swap, then Franziska van Almsick’s swimsuit, please.
Under the heading “Formality” the SZ asks people about their affinity for sport every week. Artists, politicians, captains of industry – just no athletes. It would be boring.
