“No, I am everything Willy could really do without!” Sônia Bogner once replied when asked if she was as sporty as her husband. She played golf, but as a Brazilian she was completely unfamiliar with snow sports. She dared to try skiing for the first time in 1972, and promptly injured her knee. Her husband saved her from further injuries. When she was afraid to ski, Willy would simply pick her up and take her down the mountain in his arms.