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Frank Stäbler

Stäbler in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35) Böblingen, West Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Website	Frank-Staebler.com
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	TSV Musberg Red Devils Heilbronn
Coached by	Janis Zamanduridis
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 67 kg World Championships 2015 Las Vegas 66 kg 2017 Paris 71 kg 2018 Budapest 72 kg 2013 Budapest 66 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 67 kg European Games 2015 Baku 71 kg European Championships 2012 Belgrade 66 kg 2020 Rome 72 kg 2014 Vantaa 66 kg

Frank Stäbler (also spelled Staebler; born 27 June 1989) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the 2012 European Championship and 2015 World Championship in the welterweight category. Stäbler trains at TSV Musberg in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, coached by Janis Zamanduridis from the national wrestling team.

Career

Stäbler represented Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the 66 kg class in men's Greco-Roman wrestling. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Hungary's Tamás Lőrincz, who was able to score six points in two straight periods, leaving Stäbler with a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Stäbler offered another shot for the bronze medal by successfully defeating United States' Justin Lester in the repechage bout. However, he lost the bronze medal match to Georgia's Manuchar Tskhadaia, who pushed him out of the wrestling mat in the third period, with a score of 1–3.

International achievements

• all competitions are held in Greco-Roman style of wrestling
• OG – Olympic Games; ECh – European Championships; WCh – World Championships
• Light weight is a class under 66 kg in UWW classification.

German Championships

(only Senior)

Trivia

Stäbler's logo, which appears on the official merchandise, his video diary and printed media, is a jumping squirrel. During the final fight in 2012 European Wrestling Championships Stäbler literally jumped on the opponent and won the title of European champion 2012. Later this jump was called as "squirrel jump" (orig. "Eichhörnchen Sprung") by German journalists.

References

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Stäbler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012.
2. "Ringer-Weltmeister Stäbler wechselt nach Heilbronn". Die Welt. 12 April 2017.
3. ^ "Frank Stäbler". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
4. "Men's 66kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Final". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
5. "Men's 66kg Greco-Roman Bronze Medal". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
6. "Stäbler überrascht: Sieg gegen Weltmeister".
7. SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany (7 August 2012). "London 2012: Der deutsche Ringer Frank Stäbler".

External links

• Frank Staebler at the International Wrestling Database
• Frank Staebler at United World Wrestling
• Frank Staebler at Olympics.com
• Frank Staebler at Olympic.org (archived)
• Frank Staebler at NBC 2012 Olympics website at archive.today (archived 16 February 2013)
• Frank Stäbler at Team Deutschland (in German)
• Frank Stäbler — Olympic medal hope of Germany, Der Spiegel (in German)
• Official website (in German)

• 1989 births
• Living people
• People from Böblingen
• German male sport wrestlers
• Olympic wrestlers for Germany
• Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• European Games bronze medalists for Germany
• European Games medalists in wrestling
• Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
• World Wrestling Championships medalists
• European Wrestling Championships medalists
• Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in wrestling
• Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
• European Wrestling Champions
• Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region)
• 20th-century German sportsmen
• 21st-century German sportsmen