2008 Olympic Champion Lena Schöneborn looking to the future

After having finished her studies and started her traineeship at Deutsche Post DHL, German Lena Schöneborn looks forward to another challenge along with her athletic career. 

The 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist will join the advisory board of the Deutsche Sportlotterie (“German sports lottery”) in a project initiated at the end of last year by discus gold medalist Robert Harting and entrepreneur Gerald Wagener which aims to develop new funding models for athletes in Germany.

"My job as a board member will be to contribute to a fair and athlete-oriented use of funds together with the other members," said the 27-year-old Schöneborn.

Keeping her sporting goals for this upcoming season, Schöneborn intends to compete and make an impact in the 2014 World Cup Series as she plans trips to Mexico, Egypt and Budapest with the focus on qualifying for the World Cup Final before turning her attention to one of the season’s main highlight, the World Championships in the Polish capital Warsaw in September.