Alica Schmidt shares a glimpse of her favorite beach vacations of 2024 as she gears up for the upcoming track season

400m runner and social media sensation Alica Schmidt had had a busy year, and she is now making to most of her time away from the track before the commencement of the 2025 season. The German recently shared a glimpses of her beach vacations from 2024, highlighting her favorites.

Schmidt first rose to fame in 2017, after an Australian magazine labelled her the ‘world’s sexiest athlete’. Since then, the 26-year-old has enjoyed a large following across her social media platforms, and often gives her fans a behind-the-scenes look into the everyday life as a runner.

Most recently, the German reflected on her beach outings from 2024. Taking to Instagram, she shared photos of herself posing on various beaches and wrote,

“I went to the most beautiful beaches in 2024. Here are some of my favourites - Sicily, Maldives, Cape Town, Koh Phangan, and Bahamas.”

Alica Schmidt’s 2024 has been an impressive year for the German. She began the season by helping Germany to a top of the podium finish in the 4x400m mixed relay at the World Athletics Relay in Bahamas. She was later named to the German team for the Paris Olympics, where she competed in 4x400m relay and 4x400m mixed relay.

Alica Schmidt on balancing social media and her running career

Schmidt at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Image Source: Getty)

For Alica Schmidt, her rise to fame in 2017 pushed the runner into the spotlight in the world of track and field. The popularity gave her an opportunity to earn more sponsors for her track career. Speaking to Olympics.com, she said,

"It's good for all us athletes to be active on social media in order to get sponsors. It's not easy, especially in Germany, to live from athletics. So a lot of athletes have to do another job to live from that and do the training. And yeah that's a great thing to do a social media on the side so you can get some more sponsors.”

Schmidt went on to add that it could be tricky to handle her fame and her sporting career, but her training was always her priority.

"Sometimes it's not that easy. The training is, of course, the main focus and all other things come behind that. But I also love to do some model jobs or take the people with me on social media. It's a big hobby of mine and I love to do that. But the main focus is sports.”

Outside of her Paris Olympics appearance, Alica Schmidt 2024 also saw her win the indoor 400m at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting. As the German moves forward into 2025, fans will no doubt be cheering for her on and away from the track.