Prevention of Sexual Abuse Against Children

About us

Our Motivation

Some of our employees are former top athletes or trainers themselves and know from their own experience the conditions that can promote abuse in sports. In addition to making the topic taboo, this also includes power relations and struggles in the organizations, the dependency and pressure for athletes to perform, as well as situations which make abuse easier, e.g. in the locker room.

We have made it our task to sensitize, educate and train everyone who can contribute to making sport safer.

Our Team

Board

President

Mag. Chris Karl, M.A.

Mag. Chris Karl, M.A. is a forensic psychologist and sport scientist. She was a professional athlete herself and has more than 20 years of experience as a children’s coach. Currently she is heading the special department “Safe Sports” for the district of Salzburg, and is a member of the working group “against sexual violence in sports”, hosted by 100% Sport. She also is a certificated forensic child interviewer.

Finance and Acccounting

Erika Stolz

Erika Stolz, uGM is experienced in office management, financial accounting, NPO-controlling and payroll-accounting. Leadership function in AVOS corporation for preventative medicine GmbH and AMD Salzburg. Retired since 2019.

Matthias Schweiger

Matthias Schweiger is certified social pedagogue and adventure educationalist.
He has years of experience with people with disabilities, as well as children and adolescents. Currently he is working as a professional early intervention and family
support specialist at Lebenshilfe Tirol. Additionally, he organizes and guides outdoor education projects for children and adolescents.

Secretary

Miriam Rauscher

Miriam Rauscher, VOL is an elementary teacher and certificated Montessori pedagogue.
She was a professional athlete as an adolescent, and she completed successfully a training instructor course.

Employees

Mag. Markus Leitner

Mag. Markus Leitner is a qualified psychologist and mediator and has been working with children and young people for over 15 years. His experience ranges from a socio-educational supervisor and managerial function in socio-educational residential communities (Rettet-das-Kind Salzburg), coaching, peer mediation in schools, to labor market policy projects with young people at risk of exclusion.

Mag. Gerlinde Wörndl

Mag. Gerlinde Wörndl is a sport psychologist and mental trainer. As a self-employed entrepreneur ‚Sportpsychologie Wörndl‘ she is specialized in coaching of athletes, coaches, clubs and associations – like SSM (Salzburger Schulsportmodell) and VÖN (Skiakademien Schladming and Saalfelden). She is a member of the 100% Sport lecturer team.

Interns

Daniela Loistl

Daniela Loistl is studying psychology in her 4th bachelor semester at the University of Salzburg. After her A Levels she worked as an Au Pair on La Réunion where she could gain important experience with young children.
Her favourite sports are tennis, badminton, running and hiking.

Ferdinand Paintner

Ferdi has been studying psychology in Salzburg since 2019 and is now in the 2nd semester of his Master’s degree. He has been part of KIMI since summer 2022. Ferdi played football himself in a club for 10 years and therefore knows the dynamics of a team and a club well. He is also enthusiastic about various other sports such as American football, tennis and winter sports.

Tanja Zschieschang

Hello, my name is Tanja. At the moment I´m studying psychology in Salzburg. When the time came to choose a place to do my internship I gravitated towards this organization, because I’m very passionate about youth sport, having been part of sports clubs für as long as I can remember. As of now I primarily dance, do archery and in summer you almost always find me on a boat.

Liv Wintersteller

I am Liv and studying psychology at the university of Basel. My wish is to raise awareness, support people and actively campaign for a safe interaction with children. With my openness, my commitment and my personal competence I am completing our team and feel motivated to elaborate our aims together.

Former Interns

Kiara Bodonyi

Kiara Bodonyi completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the university of Fribourg, Switzerland in 2020. Currently she is enrolled in a master’s program in clinical psychology focusing on children and adolescents. She joined KIMI as an intern and research assistant and has also become part of the project team.

Our Partners

We want to use all existing resources and create synergies; therefore, we cooperate with the following institutions. If necessary, we can refer or make a connection. (The list is in alphabetical order and not exclusive).

100% Sport
https://100prozent-sport.at

#Wetoghether – Institut zur Prävention von Machtmissbrauch im Sport
https://wetogether.eu

Die Möwe (Schutz von Kindern vor Gewalt und ihren Folgen)
https://www.die-moewe.at

Fachstelle Safe Sport des Land Salzburg
https://www.salzburg.gv.at/sport_/Seiten/schutz-vor-sexueller-gewalt.aspx

Gewaltschutzzentrum Salzburg
www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at

kija Salzburg – Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft
https://kija-sbg.at

Kinderschutzzentrum Salzburg
www.kinderschutzzentrum.at

Kriminalpräventionsstellen – Landeskriminalamt Salzburg
https://www.polizei.gv.at/sbg/lpd/

Männerbüro Salzburg und Hallein
https://www.maennerbuero-salzburg.co.at

Rat auf Draht – Telefon 147
https://www.rataufdraht.at

Stopline (Online-Meldestelle gegen sexuelle Missbrauchsdarstellungen Minderjähriger und nationalsozialistischer Wiederbetätigung im Internet)
https://www.stopline.at

Verein Selbstbewusst: Sexualpädagogik und Prävention von sexuellem Kindesmissbrauch
https://www.selbstbewusst.at

Weißer Ring – Verbrechensopferhilfe
http://www.weisser-ring.at

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