Johannes Ludwig – Olympic champion & top athlete, luge expert & TV commentator, police commissioner
Johannes Ludwig is one of the most successful German winter athletes of recent decades. As a three-time Olympic champion and long-time competitive luger, he knows what it means to perform under extreme pressure – and also how to grow from setbacks.
Today, he shares his experiences as a sought-after speaker and TV expert – authentically, inspiringly and with a glimpse behind the scenes of top-level sport.
Lecture topics by Johannes Ludwig
- Motivation and confidence in your own abilities
How to believe in yourself – even when success is slow in coming.
- The top athlete as an entrepreneur
Which strategies from sport are useful for managers – from focus to personal responsibility.
- Success and failure – two sides of the same coin
Why defeats are often the basis for success.
- Dealing with pressure to perform – delivering when it counts
Mental strength, self-criticism and the right mindset at the right time.
- The fascination of the Olympic Games
Emotions, stories and lessons from the biggest stage in sport.
In his keynotes, the passionate speaker talks about thirty years of competitive sport, the Olympic Games and the questions:
- What does it mean to go into a competition as the favourite?
- How do you manage to deliver top performance when it counts?
- How do you deal with success, but also with failure?
- Failure – the driving force behind innovation?
- How do I remain self-critical without losing confidence in my own abilities?
- Why speed on the ice track always requires patience.
About Johannes Ludwig:
Johannes Ludwig started luge at the age of six – but the road to the top was rocky. For many years, he stood in the shadow of others, but he remained persistent and trusted in his own abilities. This belief was rewarded: between 2017 and 2022, the Thuringian athlete experienced his golden years. Among other achievements, he won three Olympic gold medals, became a multiple world and European champion, and won the overall World Cup in the singles in 2022.
After reaching the peak of his career, the police sergeant retired from active sport in 2022 – and started afresh. As a TV expert for ARD and ZDF, but above all as a keynote speaker, Johannes Ludwig now inspires companies, managers and teams. With his second passion, sailing, he also offers exclusive team-building incentives on the Baltic Sea – under the motto: ‘Focus on ice – Passion on water’.
In his lectures, Johannes Ludwig speaks honestly and reflectively about success, failure, pressure to perform and motivation – and shows how techniques from top-level sport can be transferred to professional life.
His story is the best proof that perseverance, self-criticism and confidence in one’s own strengths pay off in the long term.