Mathias Mester - KLEIN ANFANGEN GROß RAUSKOMMEN

22 German championship titles were not enough for him. Even four European championship titles were unable to slow him down. Even seven world championship titles only spurred him on, just like the silver medal he won at the Paralympics. Now the 142.5 cm discus, javelin, shot put and "Let's Dance" legend Mathias Mester is back. Ready for the next coup. Ready for a real premiere. IN BRIEF: The self-proclaimed world champion is going on a BIG reading tour for the first time - with "Start small, make it big".

Analogous to the title of his book of the same name, Mathias Mester takes us on an emotional and always extremely funny sprint through his life. He looks back on his childhood, recounts how he was discovered for javelin throwing while playing soccer. He remembers how he lived in a shared apartment with a blind man: "He didn't see the dust, and I couldn't reach it. And he delivers impressive pleas for optimism, for joie de vivre and for the sport to which he owes so much. "Starting small, making it big" shows how the boy from ne benan became an athlete traveling the world who, after his active days, has become a poster boy and a fervent ambassador for the Paralympic idea.

"Start small, make it big" is the debut book tour by and with Mathias Mester, which will take the ex-athletics pro through Germany, Austria and Switzerland starting in 2023.