Alexander Schiffler

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Alexander Schiffler (born January 20, 1982 in Dresden ) is a German disabled athlete and Paralympic participant.

Personal history

Alexander Schiffler was diagnosed with a tumor in his knee at a young age , which had to be surgically removed. The doctors opted for a reverse plastic surgery , in which the ankle of the removed leg is placed in the place of the knee, which allows relatively normal walking with a prosthesis. After graduating from school, he learned the profession of orthopedic mechanic .

Athletic career

Because of his handicap, he chose sitting volleyball as a sport . He played sitting volleyball at Dresdner SC in 1898 . With this team he played so successfully since 1996 that he was appointed to the German national team, with which he was soon used successfully in the performance group D. Later he also played for BV Leipzig eV In 2000 he took part in the Paralympic Summer Games for the first time, in which the German sitting volleyball team reached 5th place. This was followed by a silver medal at the World Championships in 2002, then he won silver medals at the European Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2015. There were also bronze medals at the European Championships in 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2013.

The highlight of his success for him and the German sitting volleyball team was winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympic Summer Games in London .

For winning this medal, he and the team received the Silver Laurel Leaf on September 1, 2012 .

His current association are the BV Leipzig eV and the Dresdner SC 1898.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alex Schiffler - VolleySLIDE Players. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ NDR: Alexander Schiffler. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ German Disabled Sports Association: Alexander Schiffler - German Paralympic Team. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Volleyball - Sitting volleyball - Dresdner Sportclub 1898 e. V. Accessed on February 16, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Alexander Schiffler | Disabled Sports Association Leipzig eV Accessed on February 16, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Alexander Schiffler | Disabled Sports Association Leipzig eV Accessed on February 16, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ www.bundespraesident.de: The Federal President / Travel and Dates / Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Alexander Schiffler - Sitzvolleyballer - News and information at a glance. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Schiffler, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German disabled athletes (sitting volleyball)
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden