In the third place in the curling mixed doubles competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the combinations Ofida de Waal and Oscar Eriksen from Sweden swept the British duo 9-3 to win the bronze medal in the curling mixed doubles. On February 11, media reported that 24-year-old Armida de Waal is not a full-time athlete, but an engineer at a company.
De Waal and Erikson
Domestic media reported such an interesting thing:
An employee in Shanghai found that his colleague had taken a leave of absence to attend the Winter Olympics. The employee on leave was none other than 24-year-old Armida de Waal. De Waal, an employee of AkzoNobel's Swedish company, took a leave of absence in January and is expected to return to work on February 14 (next Monday).
Taking time off in January to prepare for the Winter Olympics and winning medals at the Winter Olympics in February is amazing! We looked at Armida de Waal's profile and found that this 24-year-old girl was simply a school bully and a genius.
According to the official Olympic website, Almida de Waal was born in September 1997. At the age of 8, De Waal saw Sweden's Norberg win the gold medal in curling at the Winter Olympics (Turin 2006), which became her motivation for curling. After 10 years of training, De Waal showed his talent and began to shine in the competition.
At the 2017 World Junior Championships, De Waal won the title; at the 2021 World Curling Mixed Doubles Championships, De Waal and his partner won the bronze medal. In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles competition, de Waal and Eriksen's partner was on the podium again.
De Waal, 24, is an athlete and an automation engineer.
In 2019, de Waal received his Bachelor of Science degree, or university graduation. De Waal went on to pursue a master's degree at the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology, where he received his Master of Science degree in 2021. According to the introduction, the Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden is the 31st in the world and the 6th top engineering and technical college in Europe. Learning and racing are a no-brainer, and De Waal's resume is truly magical.
In 2018, 2020 and 2021, de Waal studied at higher education institutions and won 3 elite sports scholarships. After leaving campus in 2021, de Waal worked for AkzoNobel, a Global Fortune 500 company. Before competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, De Waal made a wish: "To win a medal in the curling mixed doubles competition." "This wish has also come true!
In his love life, the 24-year-old De Waal is also a winner in life. At the 2017 Winter Universiade, De Waal met gustav, an ice hockey player two years older than her. Although the relationship between the two is extremely low-key, Gustav will be present in family portraits such as Christmas and New Year's Eve.