INTERVIEW: KATHARINA BAUER

Katharina Bauer has had an incredible start to the 2022 season, medalling at every international event she has attended so far. She won gold at the pre-season Spring Arrows tournament, then took individual bronze at the Antalya World Cup and the European Championships, along with team gold in Munich and mixed-team gold in Gwangju, part of a surge in German recurve talent that is seeing them at the business end of almost every major meet.

YOU’VE HAD AN INCREDIBLE START TO THE YEAR. HOW DID YOU PREPARE FOR IT?

During the past few years I have increased my arrow volume a lot. I think that I am benefiting from that work now. I work a lot with our national head coach, Oliver Haidn, and he helped me to be perfectly prepared for all kinds of situations. In winter, I just focused on shooting 70 metres for the first time. We spent many weeks in Belek in Turkey and at the Beiter Center to shoot under perfect circumstances. That helped me to stay in my routine and to stabilise my technique