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S01E10 Interview with Thomas Lindqvist - Engineer, vaulter and entrepreneur aka. the man in the spandex


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"It takes a real man to wear a spandex." - is how Thomas simply puts it when it comes to being a male vaulter. 

In this episode of The Vaulting Pod you are getting to know more about Thomas Lindqvist - owner of the online vaulting shop "Linqvist Voltige" from Denmark. Thomas is one of many faces in the vaulting scene who is full of enthusiasm about the sport and is working for it to be more accessible through selling vaulting products like cloth, shoes, barrels and barrel surcingles to a fair price at www.voltige.dk.

"You don’t have to fear what everybody else thinks." - is one of his mottos and with that he has been part of a big vaulting barrel competiton in Denmark with a grand final at "The Tivoli" in Copenhagen (which is a huge amusement park in Denmark and one of the oldest in the world). 

Mentions in this podcast: Danish vaulter Amanda Elonga Staalsø and the World Equestrian Games of 2022 i Herning, Denmark. Link:  https://herning2022.com/en/influencers

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