Meet the people who are behind this project:
Modern Escape Europe
and its founder Elma Kablar
Modern Escape Europe is a continuation of the vision of Modern Escape Japan, which was created in 2019. Modern Escape Japan organized two major events so far, one in collaboration with Seibu holdings, Inc. which has fifty-three companies affiliated across the world, and numerous training sessions.
The link between Modern Escape Japan and Modern Escape Europe is the founder Elma Kablar, who was born in 1982, originally from Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina who spent almost 10 years of her life in Japan.
Thanks to her rich experience and knowledge from living abroad, Elma decided to create Modern Escape Europe with a vision to combine knowledge and activities in the field of sports, culture, healthy living, mental and spiritual health with the goal of education, promotion and strengthening awareness of natural resources, physical, mental and spiritual health in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Her dreams are coming true by getting a chance to combine and bring people together to work towards the same goal which is protecting nature of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is passionate to share her knowledge about life in Japan and how Japanese people live with nature and respect it in every way. Steel Trail Zenica and Outdoor Weekend will be an amazing platform to implement and educate people about sustainable living.
Profile
- Over three years of experience as operation manager, coordination of students exchange and program management.
- Over four years of athlete experience and in the sports industry.
- Certified Les Mills fitness instructor.
- Community Leader of SOGO fitness in Tokyo.
- Member of the National Ultra Trail Team
- Over 14 years of progressive professional experience as English teacher with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
- Co-Founder of Modern Escape Japan 2019
- Founder of Modern Escape Europe 2021
Languages
- Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian language (Native)
- English (Fluent, Business Level),
- Japanese (N3)
Awards and Acknowledgements
- Member of Bosnian National Trail Team
- Third place at National Ultra Trail Run Championship (50km) 2019, Second place (69km) 2021
- Many awards and prizes from trail running races all over the world
- Assist with fitness routine maintenance, facility custodial duties and other tasks as assigned.