Spotkanie z Iwoną Guzowską w Pleszewie
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00:00 My adventure with sport started with a bike trip with my dad,
00:09 with running skis, and I've always loved sport.
00:15 It was something that made me very happy.
00:19 But when I was a teenager, we went to Tequondo with a friend,
00:24 and that's how it started.
00:26 But did I have the motivation to achieve success?
00:30 When I started my career, I didn't even dare to dream of being a champion of Poland,
00:35 and not only a champion of Europe or a champion of the world,
00:38 and that in two disciplines.
00:40 So it was a side effect of my passion.
00:44 I just loved this sport.
00:46 I fell in love at first sight with the energy,
00:48 with what this sport represented to me,
00:51 and I just signed up for the club.
00:53 And that's how it went.
00:55 I had huge success, but the truth is that I put a lot of work into it,
01:00 because nothing happens by itself.
01:02 But paradoxically, the first title of the world champion was the easiest one for me.
01:08 It's much harder to keep it later.
01:11 When it comes to young people today, how to motivate them,
01:16 I think it's a problem for all of us,
01:21 because we're looking for motivation and inspiration outside,
01:24 but if we don't find it in ourselves,
01:27 nothing outside will work for us for a long time.
01:30 So it has to be this fire that each of us will find in ourselves,
01:34 each of us will burn it in us.
01:37 You just have to have the courage to believe in yourself,
01:40 in your potential, and just follow it.
01:44 It's so simple, but basically it's hellishly difficult,
01:48 especially since we often hear that we're not good enough,
01:53 that we're not complete,
01:56 that we're not like someone we see on the front pages of newspapers or on TV.
02:06 But it doesn't matter.
02:08 Did you do more sports or did you have to sacrifice a little bit?
02:15 I don't see my sports career as giving, taking.
02:21 I think it was an interesting path,
02:24 thanks to which I'm the person I am today,
02:29 so I don't see it in those categories.
02:33 Being an athlete brought me great joy,
02:37 of course, this joy was literally filled with tears,
02:42 literally with blood, because sports bring it to you,
02:47 and with hard work.
02:49 Was it worth it? Yes, it was.
02:51 I heard that one of your passions is riding,
02:55 and I heard that you buy some of your riding equipment in a pleasure.
03:02 No, unfortunately, riding is my great passion,
03:07 but I haven't been riding for a long time.
03:10 But yes, I know that there are great saddles in Plešev.
03:14 It just so happened that I've been riding in a Plešev saddle a few times,
03:20 but when I was doing sports,
03:24 I had a different company,
03:28 but I associate Plešev very well with horses and riding.
03:35 (dramatic music)