Former track cyclist Kristina Vogel: She wants children

Former track cyclist Kristina Vogel
She wants children

The former track cyclist and two-time Olympic champion According to “Bunte”, Kristina Vogel (33) will marry her boyfriend Michael Seidenbecher (39) next year. “Michael surprised me on our cruise. It was about time! It was a running joke among our friends when he would finally get married,” she revealed to the magazine. After all, they have been together for 19 years, the 33-year-old continued. “Of course I said yes.” Apparently, the wedding plans are already underway. She sent her event planner a photo of the engagement ring that same day “and she understood immediately,” Vogel continued.

Having children is also an issue, says Kristina Vogel, who has been paraplegic since a training accident in 2018. “We do have a desire to have children,” she confirms in the “Bunte” interview: “But I don’t want to put pressure on ourselves. So far it’s been like this: I had to get to know myself in a wheelchair first. In other words: How do I function, what is my everyday life like and how can I take responsibility for such a small being? I can’t just pack a child into my already turbulent life without knowing whether I can do it justice. But I’m slowly starting to think about it,” explains Vogel, who has now published a children’s book “about inclusion and accessibility” with “Here comes Mila!”.

Serious illness in April

Only a few weeks ago, there was bad news about the 33-year-old. The former track cyclist had to undergo emergency surgery in April after suffering a pulmonary embolism. as she revealed on Instagram at the time. In the post, she explained that her condition had been “life-threatening,” but at the same time gave the all-clear: she is “feeling pretty well again now!” she wrote.

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