The world of sports has witnessed several talented players become a paragon for the entire world to follow in their footsteps. While they motivate athletes from their home and foreign nations, their kids also get inspired by their achievements. A similar story unfolded at the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics with a German alpine skiing sensation.
This young phenom recently clinched the bronze medal in the combined alpine event held under the aegis of the Youth Olympics. Interestingly, her mom also won a bronze medal in the same event 22 years ago. In fact, according to a YouTube video, the 16-year-old’s mother is none other than an Olympian and 2x World Skiing Champion who has made the alpine skiing macrocosm proud. Seeing your child outrank you prodigiously would make anyone’s chest swell with pride, and that’s also exactly what happened here.
Skiing world champ’s reputation and epoch is upheld by daughter
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The Olympics recently added a video to its official YouTube channel showcasing the downhill skiing run of Romy Ertl. According to the video description, “Martina Ertl won a bronze medal at Salt Lake City 2002 in Alpine Combined, and her daughter, Romy, just did the same at Gangwon 2024!” Upholding the legacy of mommy dearest, she has indeed won hearts.
The video showcased a brief clip of the skiing sensation’s interview after she stepped down from the podium. The interviewer asked her, “Tell me what it means, because your mum is an Olympic medalist as well, have you spoken to your mum?” Responding to this, Romy revealed how happy she was and she had already informed her mother about her win.
She said, “Yeah I did like two minutes after I crossed the finish line I called her and she was like I’m so happy, I’m so proud and so nice and I’m so thankful that she always supports me and she still does and since I’m a little child and without her, I wouldn’t be here, so yeah I’m so thankful for that.” The phone call pushed the proud world champ mom to the brink of tears. In fact, the senior skiing champ couldn’t contain herself and even woke up Romy’s brother to deliver the good news.
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Sharing the elation around with joy
The Olympics.com uploaded a video on its own website as well, wherein another brief interview of Romy Ertl was posted. Adding the details of the call, she said, “I’m so happy, that’s so cool, and I’m so proud, and yeah, she was just happy, and she also woke up my brother, he was sleeping, and yeah, it was really nice, and I’m so thankful that she’s my mom.”
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Romy Ertl didn’t feel very confident about her skiing performance in the beginning. She reported that she had made several mistakes in her attempt, and thought she didn’t stand much chance of even landing a top 10 rank. However, now that she has won the bronze, the Youth Olympian will look forward to achieving greater heights and surpassing her own mom someday.
