Selina 18 Biography

For the new issue of the “acquaintance” section, we interviewed Selina Grotian. During her only recently begun career, she had already managed to win six personal medals-and this despite the fact that because of her young age she has so far acts in the category of “girls”. At the last world biathlon championship, the German sprint won the German. Today she will tell about her family, about the goals for the upcoming season and how she spends her free time.

In the footsteps of older brothers, as often happens, Selina wanted to repeat everything behind her older brothers, especially since they had a small difference in age. I got skiing at four years old, at six I began to study in the ski section, and three years later went to Biathlon. ” Looking at life from a different angle “Family and Health is the most important in life,” the summer German emphasizes when she tells how her family coped with her brother's illness.

The fact is that the youngest of the brothers, Finn, at the age of 12, underwent rehabilitation due to an innate disease. But he never gave up and fought for a full return, ”Grotian recalls. He had to fight for his life, and since then we all have changed the angle of view. ” Thus, they have all the conditions for joint training: “I am amazed at how he copes with everything, and is very grateful to him for the advice and support,” she says.

Firstly, I had to ask the lessons at the school for two weeks, and I am very grateful to the teachers that then they supported me. ” Four more personal medals followed the first success, including gold and bronze from the World Cup among boys and juniors to Solgger Hollow. Plans for the future “next year my main goal is to spend the full season in the IBU junior Cup and show stably good results.

In the long run, I would like to gradually improve my indicators: first of all, stabilize shooting and minimize the number of misses. Of course, it would be great to meet the best biathletes in the world at a distance. ” Photos and new recipes in her free time, or when she needs to relax a bit from the biathlon, Grotian loves to spend time in nature. In addition, I like to shoot a video using a drone, and I wear the GoPro camera for most of my time with me in my pocket.

” Returning from a walk, Selina goes straight to the kitchen. My favorite dish now is carry from colored cabbage with rice and banana bread. ”