Frank Stäbler

Frank Stäbler
Stäbler in 2014
Personal information
Born (1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35)
Böblingen, West Germany
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
WebsiteFrank-Staebler.com
Sport
Country Germany[1]
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
ClubTSV Musberg
Red Devils Heilbronn [2]
Coached byJanis Zamanduridis[3]
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Las Vegas 66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Paris 71 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Budapest 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest 66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 67 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku 71 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Belgrade 66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 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.[1][3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

International achievements

Year Rank Competition Weight class Achievement
2005 7. Junior-ECh (Cadets) in Tirana under 50 kg Winner: David Musaev (Russia)
2006 3. Junior-ECh (Cadets) in Istanbul under 58 kg after Rahman Bilici (Rumania) und Ibrahim Erdzhan (Bulgaria)
2009 3. Junior-ECh in Tiflis Light after win over Benedikt Puffer (Austria), Paata Bakunidse (Georgia), Mate Hencz (Slovakia) und Oskar Parra Fernandez (Spain) and loss against Jakub Tim (Poland)
2009 3. Junior-WCh in Ankara Light after win over Sebastian Brandström (Sweden), and loss against Saeid Abdevali
2010 1. Intern. Tournamentin Sassari Light after Christian Fetzer and Marcus Thätner
2010 12. ECh in Baku Light after win in points over Frederik Ekström (Denmarn)
2011 3. Granma-Cerro Pelado-Cup in Havana Light after Reineri Salas Perez und Reinier Lescuy (both from Cuba)
2011 7. Wladiyslaw-Pytlasinski-Memorial in Radom Light Winner: Ambako Vachadze (Russia)
2011 5. WM in Istanbul Light after win in points over Ivan de Jesus Duque Arango (Columbia), Mateusz Wanke (Poland) and Darchan Bajachmedow (Kazakhstan)
2012 1. "Thor-Masters" in Nykøbing Falster Light after win over Juri Denisow (Russia), Artyom Wesialonu (Belarus), Marius Thommesen (Norway), Danielo de Feola (Sweden) und Mateusz Wanke (Poland)
2012 2. Granma-Cerro Pelado-Cup in Havanna Light after win over Tiziano Corriga (Italy) und Miguel Martinez (Cuba) and loss against Pedro Mulens Herrera (Cuba)
2012 1. ECh in Belgrad Light after win over Sergejs Mironovs (Latvia), Ove Günther (Sweden), Hugo Da Silva Passos (Portugal), Alexander Maksimovic (Serbia) und Georgian Carpen (Rumania)
2012 1. Gran Prix of Germany in Dortmund Light after win over Ondrej Ulip (Czech Republic), Matthias Maasch (Germany), Alan Dschakajew (Ukraine) und Hassan Alijew (Azerbaijan)
2012 5. OG in London Light after win over Justin Lester (USA) and loss against Tamás Lőrincz (Hungary), Manuchar Chadaia (Georgia)
2013 1. Gran Prix of Germany in Dortmund Light after win over Andreas Eisenkrein (Germany), Edgar Melkumow (Poland), Marius Thomessen (Norway) und Daniel Janecis (Croatia)
2013 1. "Ion-Cerneanu"-Memorial in Târgoviște Light after win over Georgian Carpen (Rumania), Alexander Chwoschtsch und Witali Kononow (both from Ukraine)
2013 3. WCh in Budapest Light after win over Yerbol Konitarov (Kazakhstan), Edgaras Venckaitis (Lithuania), Hasan Aliyev (Azerbaijan) and loss against Islambek Albijew (Russia)
2014 3. ECh in Vantaa Light after win over Davor Stefanek (Serbia), Marius Thommesen (Norway) and loss against Hasan Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
2014 3. "Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski"-Memorial in Danzig Light behind Hamid Sokyano, Iran and Dominik Etlinger, Croatia, together with Edgaras Venckaitis
2014 1. Intern. Tournament in Bucharest Light after win over Jung Ji-hyun (South Korea), Georgian Carpen and Yunus Özel (Turkey)
2014 5. WCh in Tashkent Light
2015 3. 1st European Games in Baku under 71 kg after win over Woitiech Jakus (Slovakia); Pavel Lyach (Belarus); Zacharias Tallroth (Sweden); and Mindia Zukulidse (Georgia); and loss against Balint Korpasi (Hungary)
2015 1. WCh in Las Vegas under 66 kg after win over Hansu Ryu, Bryce Saddoris and Davor Stefanek
2017 1. Gran Prix of Poland in Warsaw[6] under 71 kg after win over Danijel Janecic (Croatia), Takeshi Izumi (Japan) and Balint Korpasi (Hungary)
2017 1. WCh in Paris under 71 kg after win over Demeu Zhadrayev (Kazakhstan), Mohammad Ali Geraei (Iran)
2018 1. WCh in Budapest under 72 kg after win over Georgi Khutchua (Georgia), Abuiazid Mantsigov (Russia), Demeu Zhadrayev (Kazakhstan), Rasul Chunayev (Azerbaijan) und Bálint Korpási (Hungary).
  • 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)

Year Place Weight class Comment
2009 10 Light Winner: Christian Fetzer ( TSV Herbrechtingen)
2010 2 Light lost to Christian Fetzer
2011 3 Light lost to Marcus Thätner and Christian Fetzer
2013 1 Light win against Toni Stade (RSV Greiz), Sven Dürmeier (SV Johannis Nürnberg) and Benjamin Raiser (ASV Nendingen)
2015 1 Light win against Maximilian Schwabe (KSV Pausa), Fabian Reiner (KSV Tennenbronn) and Sven Dürmeier (SV Johannis Nürnberg)

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.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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".
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