If you want to be successful in rowing, you almost inevitably have to come to the base in Dortmund, the home of the "Deutschlandachter", and since the TU Dortmund didn't have any degree programmes that matched my interests, I study in Bochum.
When I think about studying and top-class sport
Then I think about a lot of stress, but also about nice feelings of success if you manage to combine both successfully.