B: “I was in shock. You’re not prepared for something like that” C “I had my first seizure in the summer of 2004, at night, when I was 16” D “After the first seizures, I didn’t believe my wife that I had one”
Severin Freund was one of the most successful German ski jumpers. After his career, the Olympic champion speaks for the first time about his epilepsy. His fears – the severity of the attacks, the reasons why he is only talking about them now, and what precautions he and his wife are taking.