Kim POLLING has been on the Worldwide circuit for an unimaginable 15 years, and has introduced that we are going to not see her on the tatami.
It’s the tip of an period for me.
If I might, I might have continued to be an athlete ceaselessly. However each athlete is aware of that in the end their profession will finish, and for me it’s no completely different. Since I used to be unable to enter in a Army Sports activities Group and on the similar time my physique is struggling, Andrea has a full calendar and Aurora is getting older, I made a decision that the time has come for my retirement from judo. I might have actually appreciated to compete in additional tournaments for Italy. Luckily, along with the person ends in these competitions, I used to be capable of contribute to the historic bronze medal on the Combined Group World Championships and the Olympic “medaglia di legno” along with a really particular group of judokas. I’m grateful to the Italian workforce for a way they included me within the group and for a way they made certain that I can keep in mind what have develop into my final competitions above all with stunning recollections.
Saying goodbye to one thing that has been my life for thus a few years is just not straightforward. However wanting again, I can undoubtedly say that I’ve had a beautiful profession, one which I can solely be pleased with. I’ve skilled and achieved greater than I ever imagined, although I could have had the expertise to win extra. However ultimately I’ve at all times adopted my coronary heart and the result’s that judo has given me greater than some other medal might have ever executed. How symbolic is it then that within the month by which my daughter took her first judo lesson and is beginning her judo journey, I’m concluding mine?
I even have some information that makes me very completely satisfied: I’ve been employed as a instructor at NTC Erasmus Milaan. On this college I’ll educate Dutch language and tradition to Dutch-speaking youngsters. Because of this stimulating job, the Italian classes and managing the e-commerce of Sikko Polling B.V., I’m completely not afraid of becoming bored.
Kim takes a second to replicate in the fantastic thing about taking her daughter, Aurora to her first judo lesson.
I conclude with an announcement I made in 2010: “In hindsight, the most effective determination my mother and father might have made was to present me my first judo lesson.” Dad and mother, thanks for every little thing.
…and thanks Kim!
Writer: Thea Cowen
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