Sporty Spaniard Tania Elosegui shot to prominence in 2009 with her maiden win at the ABN AMRO Ladies Open in Holland and her successful Solheim Cup appearance. Here she talks about her sneakers, her calmness, and working hard to achieve her dreams.
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
To be with my family and closest friends
2. What is your greatest fear?
To feel fear
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Being too stubborn sometimes
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Arrogance
5. Which living person do you most admire?
My mum
6. What is your greatest extravagance?
To have more than 20 pairs of sneakers
7. What is your current state of mind?
Complete calmness
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Beauty
9. On what occasion do you lie?
To protect someone I love
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Right now my hair because it is too long
11. Which living person do you most despise?
Anyone who shows arrogance
12. What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Honesty
14.Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Joe (Spanish)
15. When and where were you happiest?
After my win in Holland and at the first tee on the first day at The Solheim Cup.
16. Which talent would you most like to have?
To be able to dance
17. If you could change one thing about yourself, what w! ould it be?
To be less stubborn
18.What do you consider your greatest achievement?
To want to improve every day
19. Where would you most like to live?
San Sebastian; where I am from.
20. What is your most treasured possession?
My positive nature
21. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Unhappiness
22. What is your favorite occupation?
What I do: being a golfer
23. What is your most marked characteristic?
I’m a very sporty person
