Michael Teuber - That´s How He Rolls

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02/03/2011

 
Michael Teuber; © Laureus Ltd.

Name: Michael Teuber
Age: 42
City: Dietenhausen near Munich
Occupation: Professional athlete / cycling
Handicap: Paraplegic (incomplete)

REHACARE.de talked to the paraplegic cyclist Michael Teuber about happiness, his desires and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

REHACARE.de: What makes you get up in the morning?
Michael Teuber: To live and to have an experience of something.

REHACARE.de: What is your favourite place and why?
Michael Teuber: My favorite places are the places with the greatest success (Athens and Bejing), the tops of the mountain and at home.

REHACARE.de: Who or what impresses you?
Michael Teuber: Challenges and people who have met great challenges.

REHACARE.de: What is your most valuable possession?
Michael Teuber: My life.

REHACARE.de: What makes you happy?
Michael Teuber: My daughter Marieann.

REHACARE.de: Name three things that make for a fulfilled life!
Michael Teuber: To propose to oneself and to get there, to set up a separate family, to have common experiences.

 
After his accident in 1987 Michael Teuber stood his ground and 2010 he climbed the 5.895 metres high Mount Kilimanjaro; © Laureus Ltd.

REHACARE.de: When was the last time you felt blown away by something?
Michael Teuber: On 11 December 2010 on the top of Kilimanjaro: A symbolic milestone of my life – 23 years after my accident (as the doctors saw me in a wheelchair).

REHACARE.de: What makes a person rich?
Michael Teuber: His experiences and his way of life.

REHACARE.de: What is your philosophy of life?
Michael Teuber: To give everything and to get the best performance, but not at any price.