The network of the sports boarding school and the fencing centre in Heidenheim is a superb opportunity for me to combine my ambitions as both a competitive athlete and a possible stu-dent of industrial engineering at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Hei-denheim (DHWB). This partnership enables me early on to enjoy an exchange with the part-ner companies in order to jointly sound out how to coordinate and complement a demanding degree course with my training and competition times in an optimal manner.