A total of 26 Players of the Match, and some of them also All-star Team members, from the Women’s 17 EHF EURO and Championships 2021 have ended their year on another high, attending the EHF Respect Your Talent Camp 2021 in Austria.
Arriving from 18 countries, the players gathered in Vienna from Thursday through Saturday to meet and learn from four RYT Ambassadors: Andrea Lekic, Anja Althaus, Jelena Grubisic and Ana Gros.
In his opening statement, EHF Secretary General Martin Hausleitner encouraged the players to invest in their talent.
“Talent only is not enough to succeed. Improving your off-court skills will help you build your personality, increase balance in your life and thereby become an even better player,” Hausleitner said.
“With Respect Your Talent, the EHF supports the idea of handball players as whole person-athletes. Looking at their impressive pathways, our ambassadors are perfect role models to convey this idea authentically.”
The ambassadors Lekic, Althaus, Grubisic and Gros, in partnership with the experts for each topic, inspired and instructed the players throughout six hands-on training sessions in media, social media, sports law, anti-doping, mental fitness, and dual career.
The young talents were given the unique opportunity of personal interaction with the ambassadors, benefiting from their personal inspiration and extraordinary first-hand experience as professional handball players.
Exchanging with other aspiring players from all over Europe and making new friends within the EHF family was the icing of the cake of this event, which drew positive feedback from both players and ambassadors.
