Women
GER
Josephine Heimerl
GER- Date of birth26 Jul 2000
- HeightN/A
- ProfessionArmed Forces Athlete, Student
- HometownInzell
- Place of birthMunich
- Start skating Club She took up the sport at age six in Munich, Germany. DEC Inzell: Germany
- HobbiesReading, writing, outdoor sports, spending time in the mountains. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
- LanguagesEnglish, German
- Other nameJosi (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
- CoachAlexis Contin [national], FRA
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Be a warrior, not a worrier." (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
US speed skater Shani Davis, German speed skater Anni Friesinger-Postma. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
Her coaches. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
She sustained a cut to her right ankle in 2016. She was unable to skate for six months and needed more than a year to recover fully. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
To win a medal at the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
Placing fifth in the 1000m at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, finishing third in the mass start at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, NY, United States of America, and claiming the mass start title at the 2023 German Single Distances Championships in Inzell. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
"I always do the same warm-up procedure, listen to my favourite songs and put on my left skate first." (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
"I learned skating from my mum as she was also a speed skating athlete."
Alexis Contin [national], FRA
