Ronnie Leitgeb

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Ronnie Leitgeb (2012)

Ronnie Leitgeb (* 13. May 1959 as Ronald Leitgeb in Mödling , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian tennis coach . Leitgeb had his greatest successes as coach of Thomas Muster , the former number one in the tennis world.

Career

Ronnie Leitgeb met Thomas Muster in 1984, and even then he believed in the great talent and ambition of the Styrian tennis player. At a junior tennis competition in Paris , the two sealed their collaboration and the Lower Austrian has been Muster's coach ever since. After that, Muster's career took off. After the 1989 Key Biscayne car accident , Leitgeb trained him for his comeback. In 1996, seven years later, his protégé was number one in the tennis world rankings . In addition to Thomas Muster, Leitgeb also trained the Italian tennis player Andrea Gaudenzi .

After Muster's career ended in 1999, Leitgeb trained as a mental coach in Bregenz . In Monaco , where he has had his main residence since 1985, Leitgeb developed his Champ concept from 2000 with a new holistic - both physiological and mental - approach to proactive health promotion . In November 2005 spondierte it after the university course "Health and Fitness" in Salzburg for " MAS (Health and Fitness)." "The scientific processing of 16 years of practice", as Leitgeb calls it.

He is currently the manager of Austrian swimming star Markus Rogan and tennis player Jürgen Melzer .

Leitgeb founded a fitness and health camp in Monte Carlo, where he shows top managers a holistic path to proactive health promotion, a “guide to health self-coaching” . He holds seminars, individual coaching and lectures in companies and hotels.

From April 1, 2012 to February 28, 2015, Leitgeb was President of the Austrian Tennis Association .

In the Vienna Twin Towers he runs his company Champ for event management (brand name “Champ Event”) and an “Institute for Workplace Health Promotion” under the brand name “Champ Health & Fitness”. While Champ originally addressed its offer to companies that wanted to give their employees the opportunity to take advantage of comprehensive exercise and health offers, the offer was later expanded to include private individuals.

Life

Ronnie Leitgeb has been married to Bettina Steigenberger since July 2008. At her husband's request, Bettina, the youngest daughter of the former Steigenberger hotelier family , gave up her traditional name and adopted the name Leitgeb. It's the second marriage for both of them. They live alternately in Monte Carlo (main residence), Marbella, Pörtschach, Vienna and Kitzbühel.

In order to overcome his fear of flying , Leitgeb took the advice of an airline pilot who was friends and became an enthusiastic private pilot .

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b TopSpeaker: Ronnie Leitgeb - health coach and tennis organizer ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved November 8, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.topspeaker.at
  2. ↑ Promotions and sponsorships on November 16  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release University of Salzburg from November 16, 2005; Retrieved November 8, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www2.sbg.ac.at  
  3. ↑ Leitgeb new manager of Rogan ; Retrieved November 8, 2009
  4. ↑ www.champevents.at: Sportler Champ Events GmbH Vienna. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
  5. ^ Ronnie Leitgeb and hotel heiress Bettina Steigenberger say "Yes" , Kleine Zeitung , July 3, 2008; accessed on April 15, 2017
  6. ↑ Bettina & Ronnie Leitgeb in the FIRST interview , news.at, May 2009; Retrieved November 8, 2009
  7. ↑ Ronnie Leitgeb celebrates his fifties with a Kitz tournament ( memento from August 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) - Interview with Ronnie Leitgeb, Kleine Zeitung , May 12, 2009
  8. ^ Ronnie Leitgeb: Alles für den Sport , Niederösterreich-Magazin, May 2005; Retrieved November 8, 2009
  9. ^ State awards until 2008 , accessed on September 13, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Leitgeb, Ronnie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leitgeb, Ronald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian swimming coach and former tennis coach, entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Mödling