Entering a new world can be exciting, and sometimes nerve-wracking. Marius Wolter is currently visiting his family in the United States, whom he was unable to see for two years due to the pandemic. But the Californians obviously understand a corona plague to be something different than the Germans, for example. 31-year-old Wolter reports that there is a mask requirement in the sunshine state in the south-west of the United States, but he feels that it is tolerated rather than actually used. “Life goes an otherwise unrestricted course,” says Wolter.
Wolter explains that anyone who wants to find out more about the number of infections or hospital occupancy in the USA has to actively search for the right channels. A rapid antigen test costs 130 dollars, a PCR test 300. “Looking at Germany from here, I’m even more grateful for the factual handling of the pandemic,” says the soldier, who is also a student and national player.
Wolter actually comes from the Sauerland, joined the Air Force after graduating from high school and then moved from Warstein to Munich to study at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Neubiberg. In his new home he also came into contact with a new sport: lacrosse. An ultra-fast, body-hugging ball sport that looks a bit like ice hockey, except that the ball is transported in the air. After a short time, Wolter became a Bundesliga player and in 2015 became a national player in the indoor variant box lacrosse. The professional career should not suffer from the athletic advancement, followed by a master’s degree in aerospace engineering and a job as an officer in the technical group in the Eurofighter squadron near Cologne.
At Wolter, however, there is no standstill, neither on the field nor in professional life. Wolter is currently completing an MBA course, i.e. business administration, at Fom, the university for working people with almost 60,000 students throughout Germany. He also wants to use it to prepare for the future, because his time with the Bundeswehr will end in two years. Then a new world should open up professionally, in “civil life”, as Wolter says.
Before that, however, the 31-year-old has two other, pleasant stages to contest. “Personally, there is first and foremost my wedding at the end of August, which we canceled twice in the pandemic year 2020 and which we of course want to finally celebrate properly.” And of course the European Lacrosse Championship in Hanover at the end of July, in which Wolter wants to lead his team as captain.