Never give up – Torsten Kleint is Germany's toughest mental coach

He is a police officer and former member of the Special Forces, an IVBV mountain guide, a 5-time black belt holder and martial arts master, one of the top 100 paragliders worldwide, and a member of the BVMID – Bundesvereinigung Mittelstand in Deutschland.

Torsten Kleint works internationally as a high performance coach for entrepreneurs, leaders and the self-employed. As an implementation coach, he is an advocate of overcoming barriers and an expert in clarity, self-confidence, self-awareness, potential development and mental strength. His experience as a helicopter pilot, extreme paraglider and mountain guide also helps him in this.

Torsten Kleint: "When preparation meets opportunity, success is the result of the whole."

Torsten Kleint Lecture topic

Never give up - from wheelchair to extreme athlete

- How to master all of life's challenges and even serious crises with ease and achieve your goals.

- What can I do TODAY to give my life a new and decisive direction?

Torsten Kleint worked for 28 years as a police officer in the state of Baden-Württemberg, including as a member of the SEK (special task force), as a squad leader, operational trainer (defense and access techniques), platoon leader of an alarm unit and finally as a police superintendent.

After a near-fatal paragliding accident in which he suffered severe injuries to his entire body, he was confined to a hospital bed and wheelchair for several months. At that time, it was unclear whether Torsten would ever be able to walk again, continue his job as a police officer and continue his long-awaited mountain guide training.

Torsten Kleint: Formulate goals, break boundaries & never give up.

- Get out of the danger zone: both in mountaineering and in business

- Extreme mountaineering and extreme paragliding: Gathering strength and motivation for everyday business life

- Passion and motivation: overcoming all hurdles with personal vision

- Mastering daily challenges with willpower

- Achieving goals: How to achieve the impossible and defy the odds

- Building resilience and focusing on your goals with tenacity

- Dealing with crises: How do I achieve my goals despite the worst conditions?

After years of strenuous training and numerous operations, Torsten Kleint was restored to the point where he was able to pursue his passions for mountaineering, martial arts and paragliding again, despite some minor remaining physical limitations.

The idea for the future: "Impossible" becomes "Possible".

He began working internationally as a model and actor and has since been involved in numerous advertising and film productions. He was also able to successfully complete his greatest goal in life, his training as a state-certified mountain and ski guide.

He has rediscovered his passion for paragliding and shares this passion with others as a tandem paraglider pilot. He is now one of the top 25 pilots in the world.

He is also able to pursue his passion for martial arts again. He is currently a 5th degree master in Wing Tchung Kung-Fu and Escrima stick fighting and holds the honorary title "SiFu" of Wing Tchun as well as the 1st DAN in karate.

In his keynote speech, "From wheelchair to extreme athlete", Torsten Kleint talks about his adventures in extreme situations and his expertise in motivation, peak performance and dealing with crises. His presentation inspires people to overcome their own limits and see change as an opportunity.