Two students from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will participate in the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. Johannes Lochner, a TUM student of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, will compete in the Olympic games on the bobsled. Lutz Klausmann, a student of Mathematical Finance and Actuarial Science, will serve as guide to biathlete Nico Messinger in the Paralympics.
"Once you’ve been down a bobsled run, you just can’t quit," says Master’s degree student Lochner, describing his passion. Enthusiasm for winter sport runs in the family: Both his father and his grandfather were also bobsledders. Lochner began his bobsled career as a brakeman, but he soon realized he would rather be a pilot. ...
