Hannah Köck: Ex-Ski star becomes a mom-emotional adventure for the first time!

Hannah Köck: Ex-Ski star becomes a mom-emotional adventure for the first time!

Keine Adresse oder kein Ort vorhanden. - Hannah Köck, the former athlete of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV), has recently experienced a significant change in life: she has become a mother for the first time. The 30-year-old athlete informed the joyful news about her Instagram account and describes her first days in the new mother of mother as an emotional roller coaster trip. After a stay of eight days in the hospital, she was able to drive home with her son and partner Marco. On her social media, she revealed that she is looking forward to the new life with her family and sees it as her greatest adventure.

The challenges of being a parent did not long for long. Köck reports on the initial difficulties, including diapers, breastfeeding attempts and driving the baby in the car. Such experiences are typical of new parents and raise the question of how athletes can be supported in the demanding world of competitive sports.

The challenges for athletes during and after pregnancy

In the sports world, a large number of athletes are faced with special challenges. Fabienne Königstein, marathon runner and even mother, expresses that pregnant women are often on their own and there are many uncertainties in dealing with sporting activities during this time. This problem can also be seen in other sports such as show jumping. So the show jumping rider Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann founded the Equal Equest initiative to draw attention to the inequalities in equestrian sports and to demand more equal opportunities for athletes.

Königstein criticizes the lack of support and contact persons for pregnant athletes and indicates that sponsorship contracts are often suspended during pregnancy, which can cause financial uncertainties. While many other countries, such as the United States and Scandinavia, have already provided paid supervisors for children of players, there are no clear regulations regarding maternity protection and support in competitive sports in Germany

The way to more recognition in competitive sports

The topic of pregnancy in competitive sports is increasingly on the agenda of the German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB). Nevertheless, there are still many open questions and unclear responsibilities. Para-Kanutin Edina Müller also demands changes after she could not take her child to the Paralympics in Tokyo because of the accreditation.

Overall, it can be seen that the challenges for mothers in competitive sports are great, but with more support and clear regulations the conditions for athletes can be improved. While Hannah Köck is now concerned with her son with her son, many hope that future generations of athletes will receive the support they need to combine both: family and sport.