Oliver Zeidler

Oliver Zeidler is an Olympic champion in single sculls (Paris 2024), three-time world champion, three-time European champion and multiple World Cup winner.

He was voted ‘Sportsman of the Year 2024’ by sports journalists for his sporting achievements. But success on the water is only one side of the coin: the athlete is also a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in tax sciences – an impressive balancing act between top-class sport and academic excellence.

Oliver Zeidler Lecture topics

• Sport and business: What we can learn from sport

Topics: Ambition, determination, focus, team spirit, organisation, dealing with pressure situations and competition, knowledge of your own body and its capabilities, self-confidence. In each case, personalised with experiences from sport and professional life. Addressing and discussing the experiences and problems of the audience (previous topics: Everyday working life, starting a business, motivation, individual sport and team spirit, …)

• Dealing with stress: success instead of despair

Topics: Stress and pressure situations, dealing with and consequences of the ‘wrong’ attitude, positive mindset. Why and for what do I…, positive and negative stress. Personal examples with possible solutions (extreme situations: most important race, expectations, …) Individual attitude and situation are decisive, experiences of the participants

• Time management: achieving more in the same amount of time

Topics: Planning times, making processes more efficient, introducing routines, ‘3 areas of life’ priorities, motivation, free time, examples from my everyday life (weekly planning, my routines and priorities), personal tips for the audience and workshop participants

• Fitness and work: more productive, focussed and creative through sporting balance

Topics: Sport as a balance, stress reduction, building resilience, time for yourself, healthy through everyday office life, movement, flexibility, feeling good, neuroathletics, examples from my everyday life (unobtrusive) exercises for in between.