Schwingerkönig trifft auf Hirnforscher

In the Scientifica Talk, «Schwingerkönig» Matthias Glarner and neuroscientist Johannes Bohacek talk about mental performance and life after wrestling.

3. September, 2023, 12:30 - 13:30
Zentrum | Bar bQm
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Wrestling may not hold the world together, but at least it holds Switzerland together. This is demonstrated every three years when the Swiss Federal Wrestling and Alpine Festival takes place. Last year, 400,000 people attended the event.

We are delighted that Matthias Glarner, the 2016 «Schwingerkönig» (Wrestling King), is coming to Scientifica to tell us some background information about this fascinating sport. But also what a Wrestling King does in everyday life after his career. As a partner for the Scientifica Talk, he has asked for a neuroscientist, for example, to learn more about how the brain influences performance.

Johannes Bohacek is an assistant professor at the Institute of Neuroscience at ETH Zurich. He wants to better understand the effects of stress on health and disease and is therefore looking at how stressful experiences change brain function.

The talk will be moderated by Stefan Flury, editor and presenter at Swiss Radio SRF.

Among other things, Matthias Glarner has a master's degree in sports science from the University of Bern. As an athlete, he celebrated many successes, culminating in the title of King of the Swiss Wrestling Championship in 2016. Three years later, he retired from top-level sport, mainly for health reasons, and completed a CAS in Entrepreneurial Leadership. Today, Matthias Glarner has a mandate as coach for top sports at the Swiss Wrestling Federation and his own company S4Sports Pro, with which he provides holistic support for competitive athletes on their way to the top.
Johannes Bohacek studied neuroscience at the Universities of Arkansas and New Orleans and received his PhD from Tulane University in New Orleans. In 2009, he came to Zurich as a postdoctoral fellow at the Brain Research Institute of the University of Zurich. Since 2017, he has been an assistant professor of neuroscience in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich, where he was awarded a prize for good teaching by the students last year.
Stefan Flury has been associated with Scientifica since the first edition in 2011, where he was part of the project team. He studied gymnastics and sports at the ETH Zurich and has a complementary degree in business administration. After some work experience as a project manager in sports and higher education, he moved into the world of media. Since 2014, he has been working as an editor and presenter at Radio SRF. In addition, he is a freelance event presenter.