Young Graz fighter on the way to Olympic dream 2028!

Young Graz fighter on the way to Olympic dream 2028!

The 18-year-old Grazer Stefan Bärenthaler became celebrated star in the modern pentathlon. With impressive six medals at the European Championships and a World Cup, the young athlete has already achieved a remarkable result. His greatest success was the winning of the European championship titles in triathle and laser run in 2024, in addition he fought for EM relay silver in the Laser Run together with his brother Florian. These triumphs catapulted him in the foreground and brought him the award as an athlete of 2024 in the Austrian Association for Modern Pentathlon href = "https://www.laola1.at/de/red/verboderner-fuenfkampf/stefan-baerenthaler-junges-talent-feref-erferefkurs/"> laola1.at reported.

Stefan trains intensively, spends 20 to 24 hours a week in sports while visiting the Borg Monsberger in Graz. His sporting ambitions are high: after the successful completion of his Matura in June, he plans to be included in the Army Sports Center in autumn. He has already made an excellent sixth place in international competitions, such as the European Cup in St. Boi. Before the end of the year, he will take part in the World Cup in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Great medal opportunities are realistic because Stefan emphasizes: "At training, I particularly appreciate the challenge of fighting through and getting better." His long -distance goal is the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

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In the background of this success, the targeted funding from the "Laser Run" squad, which has been launched since 2020. Athletes are divided into A and B squads within this system. Stefan Bärenthaler is part of the A-squad, which includes top performers such as Gustav Gustenau and Lisa Sophie Axmann. This structure aims to identify talents at an early stage and to offer them optimal training conditions, which supports the constant development of young athletes like Stefan, such as Modernnerfuenkampf.at