The German pole vaulter won several prestigious medals.
Tim Lobinger photographed in 2011. PDO
Multiple pole vault medalist Tim Lobinger has given an interview to Bild, where he talks about his life with cancer.
In it, the 50-year-old German champion talks openly about the inevitable death that looms ahead.
– I am no longer getting better. My cancer is too aggressive, Lobinger admits.
Lobinger became ill with leukemia, i.e. blood cancer, in 2017. On a few occasions, a cure for the cancer has seemed possible, at one point even probable, but last year it was noticed that the cancer had spread again.
Enjoys family
In February, doctors urged Lobinger to say goodbye to his loved ones. After eight months of an arresting prognosis, the 193-centimeter man’s weight has dropped to 66 kilograms, but he still manages to enjoy life, even though he knows the end is coming soon.
– Every day spent with family is worth fighting for. There are always reasons in which you can find strength, Lobinger thinks to Bild.
Lobinger is the father of three children, and the youngest of them is a six-year-old who has just started school Okay. In June, the man was allowed to accompany his 27-year-old daughter Fairy at the wedding.
– I was just the bride’s father that day, not Tim, who has cancer. It felt wonderful, he describes.
Succeeded
Lobinger broke through to the top of the pole vault in 1998, when he won the European indoor track championship and silver in the European Championships in Budapest in the summer. Out of the total of eight prestigious medals, the brightest is the world championship achieved in 2003 at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.
At the Olympics, Lobinger was seventh at his best. The German has also competed in the decathlon, where he still holds the pole vault record (576).
Sources: Bild, Blesk