Anna Maiwald - top athlete and drinkpure water filterer

Anna Maiwald is a German track and field athlete and, most recently, a water filterer too. To be able to keep up at this top level, consciously engaging with her own body is part of her everyday life. In the following interview, learn more about why Anna consciously chose the drinkpure water filter.

As a top athlete, alongside training your nutrition also plays an important role. What do you pay attention to? Why is healthy drinking water so important to you?

When it comes to nutrition, I actually only make sure that I eat a relatively balanced and healthy diet. Of course I try to keep my sugar consumption at a low level, but after hard training sessions or competitions I still treat myself to some chocolate now and then 😊 I think it's very important to simply feel good about what you eat and not have to force yourself to eat – or not eat – something specific every day.

Healthy drinking water, however, is very important to me, because especially in summer I have to drink a lot. And I don't want to feed my body any «junk».

Since the beginning of 2021 you've been drinking your tap water with the drinkpure water filter. How did you come across us?

I came across drinkpure because in training I actually drink almost exclusively tap water, but somehow I always had the feeling that too much of it gave me stomach ache and that I somehow didn't feel comfortable with it. So I looked online for what the reason might be and saw that tap water can still be relatively polluted. I wanted to do something about that and, while researching, I came across drinkpure right away.

How has the filter affected your well-being and your athletic performance?

It's now much easier for me to drink enough during training sessions, because the water tastes better and somehow purer too. On top of that, I feel more comfortable, because I know I'm doing something good for my body and there are no more impurities in the water.

What are your water habits? How much water do you drink on a normal training day?

Unfortunately, I often find it hard to drink enough. I should actually drink about 4 liters. Most of the time I manage between 2 and 3 liters per day. In winter I often have to force myself to drink even 1.5 liters at all. The filtered water now helps me with that too, because it simply tastes better and is therefore easier to drink 😊 I also have the feeling that my body tolerates the water better.

You travel a lot for work. Have you already taken your drinkpure water filter with you on your travels?

So far I haven't had the filter with me – but that's a good idea 😉

Your big goal is to take part in the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. How is your preparation going? How do you rate your chances?

The preparation is actually going quite well, even though there are still many Corona-related restrictions. But we try to make the best of it and use the chance of the few competitions that are on offer.

I hope that I'll then be able to qualify for the Olympics via the world rankings. But of course I can't influence how the others perform.