Kira Grünberg

Kira Grünberg
Kira Grünberg (2015)
Member of the National Council
In office
9 November 2017 – 23 October 2024
ConstituencyTyrol 7th (2017–18)
Federal list (2018–24)
Personal details
Born (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31)
Innsbruck, Austria
Political partyAustrian People's Party (ÖVP)
Military service
Allegiance Austria
Branch/serviceAustrian Armed Forces
Years of service2012–2015
RankKorporal
Sports career
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
SportTrack and field
EventPole vault
ClubATSV Innsbruck
Coached byFrithjof Grünberg, Rainer Schopf

Kira Grünberg (born 13 August 1993 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian politician and former athlete who specialised in the pole vault.[2] During her career, Grünberg represented her country at many international competitions. Her best outings were the fourth place at the 2012 World Junior Championships and 2015 European U23 Championships. In addition, she reached the final at the 2014 European Championships where she, however, did not clear any height.

On 30 July 2015, Grünberg seriously injured her spine, during a training session in her native Innsbruck. During a routine jump, she landed on her head and neck in the box in front of the mat, fracturing her fifth cervical vertebrae. The injury left her a tetraplegic.[3][4]

Her outdoor and indoor personal best is 4.45 metres set in 2014 and 2015 respectively. These are current national records.

Life

Athletic career

Grünberg's dream of becoming a professional pole vaulter began when she was seven years old and watched the Olympic Games in Sydney on TV. The pole vaulting competition especially fascinated her.[5] However, at a young age she first started with gymnastics and general athletics and specialized in pole vaulting a few years later. Since she couldn't find a coach for pole vaulting in her hometown Innsbruck, her father Frithjof Grünberg who used to do pole vaulting as a hobby started to coach her. Her father is described as eager to deepen his technical know-how and seeking contact with international experts in pole vaulting and athletics for new training inputs. Later, Rainer Schopf worked with her on her sprinting skills. A few times a year, Grünberg trained with Herbert Czingon, a renowned pole vault coach who coached both the German and the Swiss national team.[6]

In 2012, Grünberg became part of the sports unit of the Austrian army in Innsbruck. Being a sports soldier allowed her to focus on her sports career while receiving government funding. Furthermore, she became part of the "Hope Kader für Rio 2016" which is a program funded by the Austrian ministry of sports to support athletes with the prospect of qualifying for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Besides her sports career, Grünberg started studying pharmacy in autumn 2013.[7][8]

Grünberg participated in various international competitions and set several Austrian national records in pole vaulting. She holds the Austrian records for U16 (3.72m), U18 (4.01m), U20 (4.15m) and U23 (4.45m).[9]

In 2010, Grünberg finished fifth at the Olympic Youth Games and fifth at the world championship for under-twenty-years-old. At the European Championship in Zürich she cleared a height of 4.45m which meant breaking the Austrian record and reaching the final of 13 participants. One year later, she finished forth at the European Championship for the age group of U23. In March 2015, she set a new Austrian indoor record with 4.45m at the European Indoor Championship in Prague.[5][10]

Overview: Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Austria
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 10th 3.80 m
European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, Finland 5th 3.65 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 15th (q) 3.85 m
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 5th 3.90 m
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 18th (q) 3.90 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 4.15 m
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 10th 4.15 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 8th (q) 4.45 m[11]
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 16th (q) 4.45 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th 4.25 m

Accident and aftermath

Grünberg was severely injured during training on 30 July 2015. The injury left her paraplegic from the chest down.[8]

During a training on the morning of the 30th, Grünberg was doing a practice jump. The bar was only set to 4m which is quite below her personal best of 4.35m and she only took eight steps run-up, shorter than she would do it in a competition. This set-up was typical for practice jumps for her but this time something went wrong. She lacked the momentum to land on the mattress and instead fell back on the ground. Her neck hit the metal edge of the box in the ground where pole vaulters put their poles in. Her parents were present when the accident happened, the father was coaching, the mother filmed her jump for video analysis like they usually did in trainings.[5][12][8]

After the accident, Grünberg was hospitalised in the Universitätsklinikum Innsbruck. After the doctors diagnosed a broken fifth cervical vertebra and a resulting paraplegia, she was operated with the goal of stabilising the spinal column and avoiding further damages but the paraplegia could not be avoided anymore.[13] Three months after the accident, she was transferred to a rehabilitation clinic in the Austrian city Bad Häring where she stayed for seven months.[14]

The public demonstrated great sympathy for the young athlete's fate. Austrian and international sportspeople, celebrities and citizens participated in benefit events for Kira Grünberg and donation campaigns were started.[15][16][17]

The media and public were very interested in her life after the accident and her way to deal with this fundamental change in her life. She was invited to talk shows, hosted motivation talks and was interviewed for national and international media.[5][12][18] Kira Grünberg talks about her sports career, the accident and how she dealt with the consequences in her autobiography My jump into a new life (Original title: Mein Sprung in ein neues Leben, only available in German).[19]

Political career

Grünberg herself has said that she wants to use the public awareness she received after her accident to help others in similar situations.[20] Furthermore, she believes that she can use her own experience in politics, focusing on the needs of disabled people.[21]

At the 2017 National Council election, she ran and was elected at tenth place on the ÖVP's federal list[22] and as number one on the regional list of Tirol.[21] Grünberg took office on 9 November 2017. From November 2017, she was part of the working groups on work and social affairs, civil rights, equal rights and sports.[23]

When Grünberg received a car from Opel which was adapted to her paraplegic needs, critics questioned her political independency.[12] The present was handed over to her two months after she started her work in the National Council. Grünberg, the ÖVP party and Opel denied political influenced and underlined that Opel had already promised her the car in 2015 but that the realization took two years.[24] The National Council removed Grünberg's parliamentary immunity in this case. Consequently, the public prosecutors could start an investigation into possible corruption or political influence.[25]

After the whole National Council was dismissed for political reasons, Grünberg re-ran in the 2019 election and received a new mandate for the National Council.[23] She lost re-election in 2024.

Website

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References

  1. ^ "Club profile". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ Kira Grünberg at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Austria's top pole vaulter Kira Grunberg paralysed after training accident". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Austria's top female pole vaulter Kira Gruenberg (Specific Details About Her Last Vault)". Vaulter Magazine. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "Biografie von Kira Grünberg - Kira Grünberg". www.kiragruenberg.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ Austrian Athletics Federation (February 2015). "ÖLV Journal" (PDF). ÖLV - Austrian Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. ^ Engel, Sarah (31 July 2015). "Unfall: Kira Grünbergs Querschnittslähmung: Wer ist Stabhochspringerin Kira Grünberg?". www.noz.de. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b c Nachrichten, Aachener (12 October 2017). "Graz/Schlitters: Kira Grünberg: Alles neu, aber auch alles beim Alten". Aachener Nachrichten (in German). Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Bestenliste". www.oelv.at. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Kira knackte auch den letzten Alt-Rekord!". meinbezirk.at (in German). 9 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  11. ^ No mark in the final
  12. ^ a b c Germany, Abendzeitung (9 December 2018). "Querschnittsgelähmte Kira Grünberg: Ich bin sehr weich gefallen - Dreieinhalb Jahre nach Trainingsunfall". www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Österreichischer Leichtathletik-Verband". 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Kira Grünberg's profile". parlament.gv.at (in German). Austrian Parliament. 8 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Benefizlauf für Kira". www.noen.at (in German). 10 August 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  16. ^ "St. Pölten "erläuft" 8.000 Euro für Kira". noe.orf.at (in German). 5 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Spendenaufruf für Kira Grünberg". www.askoe.at. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Kira Grünberg: Sprung in neues Leben". kurier.at (in German). 2 September 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Das Buch: Mein Sprung in ein neues Leben - Kira Grünberg". www.kiragruenberg.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Was Behinderung bewegt - Kira Grünberg". www.kiragruenberg.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  21. ^ a b "Kira Grünberg ist ÖVP-Spitzenkandidatin". tirol.orf.at (in German). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Kira Grünberg kandidiert für ÖVP" (in German). ORF. 28 July 2017.
  23. ^ a b "Kira Grünberg, Biografie". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  24. ^ "derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  25. ^ "Staatsanwaltschaft darf gegen ÖVP-Abgeordnete Kira Grünberg ermitteln - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 9 March 2020.

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