Anne-Sophie Thilo.

Anne-Sophie Thilo, in addition to her sports career, studied for a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in communication sciences and a Master's degree in Advanced Studies in sports administration and technology.

At the end of her career, Anne-Sophie Thilo became involved with numerous voluntary associations, notably with Cookie, which supports young Swiss athletes, and Swiss Disabled Sailing, an organization that opens the doors of sailing sports to people with physical disabilities.

She was also communications director for Stéphane Lambiel's company Special Figures and was also the press attaché for the Swiss skater. Very committed to the development of young people through sport, she now works within the IOC, more specifically in the Youth Olympic Games department.Language spoken by the speaker

• French

Anne Sophie Thilo delivers in French-speaking Switzerland, in Geneva, Lausanne… It's hard to find a better example of motivation and self-improvement for personal development than Anne-Sophie Thilo.

After the sudden halt of her sports career in 2008 – a forced separation from her teammate Emmanuelle Rol after the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 – she was forced to mentally rebuild herself and find the motivation to bounce back in her career, while keeping a foot in what remains her passion: sailing.

Her natural leadership allowed her to be the communications director and press attaché for one of the country's most famous athletes.

• High-level sport: The physical and psychological benefits of sport on Paralympic athletes
• Organizational strategic convergences and divergences: what is the role of communication? Organizational and communication diagnosis of the IOC/TAFISA/EVALEO partnership project
• Dual-Career Management: Does Higher Education Affect the Performance of High-Level Athletes? The case of Student-Athletes in Olympic Sailing.