He walked the red carpet of the Venice festival as the image of Giorgio Armani emulating a Hollywood star. But Anna Lewandowska, wife of FC Barcelona footballer Robert Lewandowski, has nothing to do with the film industry. His forte has been and continues to be sport.
Today Anna will blow out 35 candles with her husband and her two daughters, Klara and Laura, aged six and three. Currently turned into an influencer who gives training and nutrition advice, she has been an elite karateka in her country, Poland. Throughout his sporting career he has won around 40 medals both nationally and internationally.
The former Polish athlete is now a successful businesswoman. She has created a business empire made up of several businesses related to a healthy lifestyle that she manages herself with the help of her assistants. He is quite a personality on social networks, where he promotes an active life oriented towards sports and gives advice on nutrition to his more than five million followers.
Trained in Physical Education and Nutrition studies, she herself is in charge of organizing her family’s diet. “We eat carbohydrates and proteins separately. Also, only good food and lactose free. One of the most important things is that we don’t eat fried food, and also nothing that is fast food”, he once explained. Of course, she also has a big influence by directing the eating habits of her husband, with whom she celebrated ten years of marriage this summer. Among his recommendations, he includes plenty of tuna for breakfast and rice pudding the night before the game.
The family lives happily in Barcelona, ??where they settled in the summer of 2022 from Munich, when the striker signed for the Barcelona club. In an interview she gave to Mundo Deportivo, she was very happy to live in Catalonia. “I love Barcelona. In addition, there are many options for good food, many healthy food restaurants. It’s so important to eat smart and learn what works best for your stomach. Afterwards, exceptions can always be made. Living near the sea, it’s a luxury to be able to eat fresh fish and seafood”, assessed the Polish businesswoman.
Born Anna Stachurska, she adopted the feminine version of her husband’s surname when she married him. In Poland, a person’s gender is taken into account when forming the surname, and the feminine form of the suffix -ski is -ska. Lewandowska is a loyal supporter of Barcelona and it is common to see her on the pitch even wearing a Barcelona shirt. Although she always supports her husband, she is an independent woman. “I didn’t want to be simply the wife of a footballer. I continue to work hard, I have more than 200 people working in my companies and new projects in progress. I run most of my companies with my partners and we do it with a lot of passion.” He precisely considers that passion is responsible for half of his successes. “The other half depends on your ability to learn, listen and not give up. When I started my first company, Foods by Ann, I was very young and inexperienced, but I had a very clear vision. It was a privilege to meet people who had more experience and I was able to fulfill my dream. Then I created my app Diet and Training by Ann o Phlov, my vegan cosmetics brand”, he explains in the interview.
A very active woman, she has managed to find a balance between business and personal life. “Our family is very marked by Robert’s career. For him, being part of a club like FC Barcelona is very important, it is a success for which he worked hard for many years. He invests a lot of energy in training and my role in supporting him is very important; and this is not always easy, especially when you have so many professional responsibilities. Over time, I have learned to find the balance between being a mother, a businesswoman and having time for myself. We want our daughters to feel safe and to know that their parents will always be there”, she reflects.
