Young swimming ace

In the footsteps of world champion Markus Rogan

The young Burgenlander swims like a fish. His favorite discipline is dolphin.(Bild: Agentur Diener/Eva Manhart)

He is only 19 years young. Nevertheless, he already has more than 1000 medals won in swimming competitions hanging in his room. But who is Florian Schumich, the ambitious Burgenlander who is constantly breaking records and has now even been discovered by the Americans? "Die Krone" went swimming with him.

At 4.45 a.m., when many Burgenlanders are still tossing and turning in bed, Florian Schumich from Oslip is already on his way to the Löver-Bad in Sopron by car. His training starts at 05.45 a.m. in the modern sports complex, which has an 11,600 square meter indoor swimming pool and is also equipped for international competitions with a 50 meter long pool. The first of two that he completes every day.