Sven Hannawald stacks up at GRUMA
After Susanne Rohrer, Dr. Christine Theiss and Dieter Thoma, Sven Hannawald is now also the happy owner of a forklift license from the GRUMA Academy. Find out how he did during the training and what he needs the license for in our article.
It is almost becoming a habit for celebrities to come to GRUMA. After radio host Susanne Rohrer, kickboxing world champion Dr. Christine Theiss and ski jumping legend Dieter Thoma, Germany's Sportsman of the Year 2002 finally came to Garching on a sunny Tuesday in September this year: Sven Hannawald. Hannwald, now 44, is a former German ski jumper, now a TV pundit and management consultant. In 2002, he became the first athlete to win all four competitions of the Four Hills Tournament. He has a total of 18 World Cup victories to his credit.
Hannawald is also competing for a good cause at this year's Linde Celebrity Forklift Cup in Aschaffenburg. He chose GRUMA to prepare for the event. In bright weather, Hannawald was received at the training site in Garching by the head of the GRUMA Academy, Bernhard Moll.
He gave him a detailed introduction to the basics and dangers of the forklift and then showed him how to operate the electric forklift selected for training. Hannawald climbed onto the forklift and made the first rounds. He quickly understood and mastered the courses with high precision and speed.
With the words "Do I have to drive backwards?", however, small problems were revealed during the subsequent reversing, as the ski jumping legend was used to braking with his left foot due to the racing he did in his spare time and thus had a hard time with the forklift. With a little practice and further tips, however, driving backward soon worked out very well.
Hannawald soon completed the subsequent stacking exercises with pallets and water bottles placed on them flawlessly.
Finally, Hannawald was allowed to board an H80 diesel forklift, which he also mastered well. Like his colleague Thoma the year before, he seemed to have forklift driving in his blood. The visit ended with a short small talk and Hannawald was discharged home well prepared for the StaplerCup.