Innsbruck (RWH) Austria’s Nina Reithmayer, silver medal winner at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, has ended her active luge career.

The 29-year old luger from Tyrol, who competed in three Winter Olympics (2006, 2010 and 2014), will start a traineeship to become a nutritionist at a specialized academy (Vitalakademie) in Innsbruck. This was published by the Austrian Luge Federation ÖRV).

“Already after the Winter Games in Sochi I realized that the sport isn’t my heart and soul and more,” explained Nina Reithmayer the reasons for her decision. “I can look back upon many wonderful memories during my career and in high-performance sports. Even though I’ve not only had good years I wouldn’t want to miss that experience,” the 2002 Junior World Champion, 2003-2004 overall Junior Luge World Cup winner as well as bronze medalist at the 2010 Europeans said. Together with Austria’s quartet, Nina Reithmayer won the bronze medal in the Team Relay event at the 2007 World Championships in front of a home crowd in Innsbruck-Igls as well as at the silver medal at the 2008 and 2009 Worlds.