Christian Kläner

Christian Kläner
DM 2013 in Ahlhorn
portrait
Date of birth	October 30, 1983
place of birth	Wildeshausen, Germany
size	188 cm
position	Defense
societies
2000-2017	TV "Gut Heil" Brettorf
National team
2004-2015	82 international matches (11xU18 / 8xU21 / 63x men)
successes
2000 2001 2005 2007 2011 2013 2014 2015	U18 European Champion U18 European Champion 3rd place World Games 3rd place World Championship World Champion World Games winner European Champion World Champion
Status: November 8, 2013

Christian Kläner (born October 30, 1983 in Wildeshausen ) is a former German fistball player . He made his international debut in August 2004 as part of the international tournament in Jona (Switzerland) against Switzerland. He ended his international career in November 2015 in the final of the World Cup in Argentina, and at the German Men's Championships in March 2017, he also ended his career in the club.

General

The trained bricklayer and civil engineer Christian Kläner comes from a fistball family in Lower Saxony. At the age of six the defender was already on the field for the gymnastics club "Gut Heil" Brettorf , one of the well-known clubs in the Oldenburg area. Kläner played with TV Brettorf in the field as well as during the indoor season in the northern relay of the fistball Bundesliga and was a regular guest at the finals of the German championship from 2002 to 2017.

Career

The former captain of the German national fistball team already played in the youth field for German national teams and won the European Championship title with the U18 in 2000 and 2001. At his first European championship in 2004 in Neuendorf , he immediately became Vice European Champion. This year he also made his international debut against the Swiss at the international tournament in Jona (Switzerland). After a dry spell of six years (bronze WG 2005, bronze WM 07 and two European championship bronze in 2008 and 2010), he won the biggest title of his career in 2011. In front of 7,500 spectators, he won the world championship title against the then defending champion and host Austria in a thrilling final 4-2. After another bronze medal at the EM 2012 in Schweinfurt, Bavaria, another major international title followed in 2013 when he won the World Games in Cali (Colombia). At the 2014 European Championships in Olten, he led the German national fistball team as captain to the European championship. In 2015 he defended the world championship in Argentina with the national team without losing a set in the entire tournament. After winning the title, he ended his career in the German national fistball team.

At his hometown club, the TV "Gut Heil" Brettorf, he was indispensable until 2017. From 2002 he was represented at almost all German championships. He won his first national title in 2003 at the German Championship (Halle). Another followed in 2004 in front of a home crowd (2004) against Bayer Leverkusen. In the field season 2016 and the indoor season 2016/17 he was player-trainer for TV Brettorf.

successes

National team

• 2000: U18 European Champion (Dresden / Germany)
• 2001: U18 European Champion (Wallisellen / Switzerland)
• 2004: 2nd place European Championship (Neuendorf / Austria)
• 2005: 3rd place World Games (Duisburg / Germany)
• 2007: 3rd place World Championship (Oldenburg / Germany)
• 2008: 3rd place European Championship (Stuttgart / Germany)
• 2010: 3rd place European Championship (Ermatingen / Switzerland)
• 2011: World Champion (Austria)
• 2012: 3rd place European Championship (Schweinfurt / Germany)
• 2013: World Games winner (Cali / Colombia)
• 2014: European Champion (Olten / Switzerland)
• 2016: World Champion (Córdoba / Argentina)

society

• 2002: 3rd place German championship (hall); 2nd place German Championship (field)
• 2003: German champion (Halle); 3rd place German Championship (field)
• 2004: 2nd place German championship (hall); German champion (field)
• 2005: 2nd place German championship (hall and field)
• 2006: 2nd place German championship (hall)
• 2011: 2nd place German championship (field)
• 2012: 2nd place German championship (hall)
• 2013: 2nd place German championship (hall)
• 2015: 3rd place German championship (hall)
• 2016: 3rd place German championship (hall)
• 2017: 3rd place German championship (hall)

Honors

After winning the world championship title, he finished third behind Arnd Peiffer (biathlon) and Jan Raphael (triathlon) in the election for Lower Saxony's athlete of the year 2011 .

On October 25, 2013 he was honored for the World Games title in Colombia by Federal President Joachim Gauck for his sporting success with the silver laurel leaf . During a celebration moderated by Johannes B. Kerner , he received the highest award for German athletes.

Web links

• Profile at DOSB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ faustball-ntb.de: Christian Kläner wants to go to the EM final  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ faustball-ntb.de: Christian Kläner returns with bronze ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ bundespraesident.de: Information on the award of the Silver Laurel Leaf (accessed on November 1, 2013)