SRF doc
Jeannine Gmelin: "Fighting for the Olympics"
A film by Heidi Schmid and Christian Labhart (July 2021, 53 min.)
During my intensive preparations for the Olympic Games in Tokyo - which were then postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic - I was accompanied by a camera team. This film gives an in-depth look behind the scenes of my life as a top athlete. My everyday life no longer revolves around training sessions, but the values that sustained me back then have remained. They are still my compass. What makes this film a priceless gift is that it also shows an extraordinary person: Robin Dowell. My coach, a mentor, my best friend. Even though he is no longer here, a part of him remains alive through this film - his energy, his words, his tireless belief in me and in all those he accompanied.
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I humbly and gratefully remember this chapter of my life - with all its highs, lows and the people who shaped it.
media reports
radio contributions

June 26, 2023 - SRF Focus

"I am a passenger in the grieving process for Robin"

Jeannine Gmelin on the past six months and what it means to reinvent yourself as an athlete.

Nov. 19, 2022 - Regionaljournal Basel

Interview with Jeannine Gmelin at the Basel Head Regatta 2022

Jeannine Gmelin on her participation in the Mirabaud Basel Head Regatta in November 2022

Jeannine Gmelin:
"I am a passenger in the grieving process for Robin"
Anita Richner in conversation with Jeannine Gmelin (June 26, 2023, mp3, , 58 min.)
She is the exceptional talent of Swiss women's rowing: Jeannine Gmelin became world champion in the single sculls in 2017, and the whole world assumed that she would crown her successful career with an Olympic medal in Paris in 2024. But things turned out very differently.

Shortly before Christmas 2022, her coach and life partner Robin Dowell died unexpectedly during a training ride. The accident not only plunged Gmelin into a deep grieving process. It also confronted her with the question of how she should continue as a professional athlete. The decision was made relatively quickly: she announced her retirement in January. In "Focus", Jeannine Gmelin talks about the past six months and what it means to reinvent herself as an athlete.
tv contributions
Jeannine Gmelin:
"I am a passenger in the grieving process for Robin"
Anita Richner in conversation with Jeannine Gmelin (June 26, 2023, mp3, , 58 min.)
She is the exceptional talent of Swiss women's rowing: Jeannine Gmelin became world champion in the single sculls in 2017, and the whole world assumed that she would crown her successful career with an Olympic medal in Paris in 2024. But things turned out very differently.

Shortly before Christmas 2022, her coach and life partner Robin Dowell died unexpectedly during a training ride. The accident not only plunged Gmelin into a deep grieving process. It also confronted her with the question of how she should continue as a professional athlete. The decision was made relatively quickly: she announced her retirement in January. In "Focus", Jeannine Gmelin talks about the past six months and what it means to reinvent herself as an athlete.

Jan 25, 2023 - Tele Züri

Gmelin resigns

Jeannine Gmelin announces her immediate resignation.

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Jan. 25, 2023 - Tele 1

Gmelin resigns

Jeannine Gmelin announces her immediate resignation.

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Jan 25, 2023 - sportflash

Gmelin resigns

Jeannine Gmelin announces her immediate resignation.

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Sept. 21, 2022 - sportaktuell

Gmelin on the mental aspect of her corona illness

Jeannine Gmelin on dealing with coronavirus, which haunted her during the European Championships.

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Aug. 12, 2022 - Sports clip

Jeannine Gmelin and the peculiarities of scull and oar rudders

Around the European Championships, Swiss athletes reveal a peculiarity of their discipline.

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Aug. 10, 2022 - sportaktuell

Gmelin: "Everything up to the 2024 Olympics is preparation for me"

The Swiss rower in an interview before the European Championships in Munich.

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July 10, 2022 - Sports Panorama

Jeannine Gmelin as a guest

The best female skiff rower in Switzerland is a guest of Rainer Maria Salzgeber.

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Dec. 21, 2021 - G&G Advent calendar

A rowing day with Jeannine Gmelin

For the "G&G" Advent calendar, Jeannine Gmelin invites one person to an instructive day around the boat, where you can get to know the everyday life of a professional sportswoman.

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April 11, 2021 - Daily news

Rowing's Gmelin takes bronze

Jeannine Gmelin wins the only Swiss medal at the European Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy. The 30-year-old finished third in the skiff.

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April 11, 2021 - Sports show

Skipper Gmelin wins European Championship bronze

The athlete from Usm is the only Swiss woman to win a medal at the European Rowing Championships in Varese.

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May 23, 2021 - Sports clip

"I have the feeling I didn't notice anything about the race"

Skipper Jeannine Gmelin talks about the botched race at her home World Cup on Lucerne's Rotsee.

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March 22, 2020 - Sports panorama

Due to coronavirus:
Gmelin is stuck in Slovenia

Jeannine Gmelin is currently stuck in Slovenia. The training conditions are good, but they have one flaw.

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Sept. 21, 2019 - sportlive

The run of Gmelin

The Swiss woman finishes 5th in the Skiff World Championships in Linz.

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July 30, 2019 - Sports clip

New starting position for Gmelin 2

After a turbulent phase with injuries and squabbles within the association, Gmelin is fighting his way back step by step.

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July 30, 2019 - sportaktuell

New starting position for Gmelin 1

For the first time, Jeannine Gmelin is preparing for a major event with a private team.

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June 2, 2019 - sportaktuell

European Rowing Championships on Lake Rotsee:
Silver for Gmelin

Jeannine Gmelin wins the silver medal at the home European Championships in the skiff.

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July 15, 2018 - sportaktuell

Gmelin secures the overall world cup on the Rotsee

Skipper Jeannine Gmelin wins in Lucerne and thus the overall World Cup. It is also a successful day for Switzerland in other respects.

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July 1, 2018 - Aeschbacher

"Aeschbacher"

The 27-year-old was the first Swiss woman to win a world championship gold medal in the Olympic skiff. In just four years, she has catapulted herself to the top of the world rankings. Blow after blow.

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Oct. 1, 2017 - Sportpanorama

Gmelin makes history at the World Rowing Championships

Jeannine Gmelin won gold in the single scull at the World Championships in Sarasota. It is the first World Championship medal for a Swiss woman in an Olympic boat class.

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contributions print media
Jeannine Gmelin:
"I am a passenger in the grieving process for Robin"
Anita Richner in conversation with Jeannine Gmelin (June 26, 2023, mp3, , 58 min.)
She is the exceptional talent of Swiss women's rowing: Jeannine Gmelin became world champion in the single sculls in 2017, and the whole world assumed that she would crown her successful career with an Olympic medal in Paris in 2024. But things turned out very differently.

Shortly before Christmas 2022, her coach and life partner Robin Dowell died unexpectedly during a training ride. The accident not only plunged Gmelin into a deep grieving process. It also confronted her with the question of how she should continue as a professional athlete. The decision was made relatively quickly: she announced her retirement in January. In "Focus", Jeannine Gmelin talks about the past six months and what it means to reinvent herself as an athlete.
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