Lara Vadlau with new partner: Off to the next Olympics!

Lara Vadlau with new partner: Off to the next Olympics!

Lara Vadlau, the radiant Olympic champion, has already achieved a lot in her sailing career and is now striving for new heights. Your decision to start the next Olympic campaign with a new crewman, Niklas Haberl, has sparked an enormous response. After Lukas Mähr's resignation, the Carinthian woman is looking for a breath of fresh air, and she finds it in Haberl, a talented 24-year-old who lives in Salzburg and has already celebrated success at the junior level. Together they want to win a medal at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, as she explained in an interview with SN. “The common goal brings us together,” emphasizes Vadlau, who is aware of her responsibility as an experienced athlete.

Training and challenges

The new duo will start training before Split in mid-April. Over the past few months, Lara Vadlau has worked intensively on her path to the Olympic gold medal and is also planning to publish her first book, which is scheduled to appear on April 23rd. It contains advice to be successful in everyday life. The Olympic champion herself works as a doctor and used the time during her professional break to reflect on her career and set new goals. Your new foreman Niklas Haberl is adventurous and sees the collaboration as a unique opportunity that he would like to seize. “You probably only get this chance once in your life,” he says enthusiastically.

Vadlau and Haberl know that they have to invest a lot of time together in order to achieve their goals. The first competitions are already on the schedule, but the European Championships in May could come too early for both of them. The sports director of the Austrian Sailing Association, Matthias Schmid, is optimistic: “It is pleasing to see that Lara Vadlau continues to enjoy Olympic sailing and wants to take part in another Olympic campaign.” The new collaboration brings changes, but both are determined to accept the challenge and grow.