“My pant size shouldn’t matter”

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Fabienne gyr laughs. “If you had asked me five years ago what programs I would like to host, I would have answered: ‘SRF bi the Lute – Live, the Sports Awards and the Sports Panorama.” «SRF bi the Lute – Live”? She moderates since 2021. The “Sports Awards”? Last December she hosted for the first time. The “sports panorama”? It celebrates its premiere on March 19. “It’s like a beautiful dream that I can currently life,” explains the 35-year-old.

Lovely on this springy winter day Aegeri also the weather. Growing here gyr and here she still lives, together with her husband Mario gyrthe 2016 Olympic rowing champion. Luck at work, luck in love – at first glance born Zug seems to have been lucky, but she is gyr Has already had to deal with difficult situations as a child, but apparently has the gift of always staying positive.

“When I was six, my parents split up,” says gyrwhile her gaze over the Aegeri wanders,” but they have it mega good dissolved. Even then I saw the positive side of it and was able to spend twice as much vacation because I could travel with both my mother and my father».

Her ex-boyfriend died in a car accident

During her childhood, fate struck for the second time. Mother Edith fell ill with multiples sclerosis. “When I was 14, she could no longer do many household chores by herself. That’s why I took on these duties and often slipped into the mother role of my younger brother.” She never struggled with it. “All of this has bonded us together as a family immensely.”

These close family ties, it remains to this day, but her mother’s health has continued to deteriorate in recent years. In the meantime “mumble», as Fabienne calls her Mami, in a house on the palliative care department. “She is a fighter, even though now she can only lie down and barely speak. Unfortunately, we have to be prepared for her to leave soon.”

been 2015 gyr already faced death. Then came duri camisole, former professional hockey player and her ex-boyfriend, died in a tragic car accident in Costa Rica. “It was the hardest test of my life. duri was in the middle of life, was in great shape and so young. And then he was gone from one day to the next. That really pulled the rug out from under my feet.”

Most of the sadness has now given way to gratitude. “I used to be drawn to every memory duri down. Today I am especially grateful that we have been able to experience a few beautiful years together.” A part of camisole still lives by her side: the cat Diego, whom he once chose.

She once wanted to be a weather fairy

You can feel it again and again in conversation: Fabienne gyr is at peace with herself and her life. She also looks back with a positive feeling on her participation in the election of Miss Switzerland 2007, when she appeared in public for the first time. “It had to Yes come on,” she says laughing, “I don’t regret it at all. It was just a different time and I was only 18.”

The nice thing about the Miss pageants? In the archive you will find numerous statements from the former candidates. By gyrthat then Bamert was called. What does she think today about what she said 15 years ago?

Statement 1: «My trademarks? Mega-long eyelashes, Bambi eyes and March icing.» gyr today: “All this still applies today. I have super long lashes from mom inherited. The Bambi eyes led to many nicknames at school and my brother calls mine March icing March cake …»

Statement 2: «I eat too much all mayonnaise and can’t be quiet blow your nose.» gyr today: “I still can’t deny both. I like mayonnaise, and once a day I really like it quietmy husband always says: ‹Now is that again elephant in the house.>»

Statement 3: «In ten years’ time I will have a good job as a weather forecaster and a perfect husband who will take care of the children at home». gyr today: “I found the perfect husband, I want to have kids, and instead of being a weather fairy, I just became a moderator.”

«I get unwanted feedback about my appearance»

Presenter – wrote this career aspiration gyr as a child in the friendship books. Radiographic Central she ended up at Tele 1 after graduating from high school, where she spent ten years learning the skills and often reporting on wrestling. At the same time, she made a name for herself as a speaker, including at the Federal Zug 2019. “In the beginning I was overwhelmed by the wrestling, but it was also an unfamiliar situation for the athletes. Suddenly this blonde presenter appeared who had no idea about her sport. But the fact that I have been able to assert myself as a woman in this male domain makes me proud. »

Her looks weren’t just a problem in wrestling. Even as a moderator, she is often reduced to this. “I get unwanted feedback about my appearance every week. Sometimes my hair is terrible, sometimes my outfit. That irritates me. Neither my hair color nor my pants size should matter. I don’t go into a store and tell the cashier I don’t like her haircut.”

But one thing is clear: as the new “Sports Panorama” presenter, she will now being more in the spotlight and subject to criticism. Probably also internally, because many other (male) SRF sports moderators would also like to have this prestigious job got. “I can understand if one or the other was disappointed. But it was probably just in the right place at the right time. Being a woman was for once Certainly no disadvantage », explains gyr.

“Sometimes I can’t believe myself all the doors that have opened for me in recent years.” Say it and smile one last time on this sunny afternoon Aegeri.

Source : Blick