thirteenth July 2025
The brand new Wimbledon champion was first a younger Italian ski racer with a brilliant future forward of him earlier than he swapped his skis for a tennis racket. UPDATED
Jannik Sinner comes from the snow-capped Dolomites within the Sud Tirol in northern Italy.
He was a promising racer and will nicely have made the Italian workforce as he confirmed huge potential.
The younger Italian was a gifted skier from the age of three.
At eight, he received the nationwide championship in large slalom and was a nationwide runner-up at 12 years outdated.
No imply feat.
His ski potential was huge and it’s the place he developed his aggressive streak.
Nevertheless, at 13 years outdated he determined to deal with tennis and moved to Bordighera to coach for tennis.
“The explanation why I selected tennis was, in tennis you may make errors.
“You possibly can lose factors however you possibly can nonetheless win the match,” Jannik instructed Vogue in 2024.
“In snowboarding, should you make one mistake, one huge mistake, you can not win.”
He has lengthy credited his ambition, and work ethic, to his mother and father who labored in a ski lodge within the Dolomites – his mom a waitress and his father a cook dinner.
His Wimbledon victory has been recognised by the US skier, Lindsey Vonn.
Sinner stays a passionate skier.
📍Sexten 🏔
Some deserved calm down ⛷️Psychological batteries 📈
Forza 🦊 pic.twitter.com/Uo1ezufHoX
— Janniksin_Updates (@JannikSinner_Up) February 22, 2025
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