Frank Geissler
Frank Geißler (born September 20, 1940 in Leipzig ) is a German badminton player .
Career
Frank Geißler won his first medals at GDR championships in 1968 when he won bronze both in men's doubles and with the team. In 1969 and 1970 two runner-up titles followed with the HSG DHfK team. In 1972 and 1973 it was only enough for bronze. He won further medals at GDR student and senior championships. During this time he was also active as a functionary. From 1965 to 1971 he acted as chairman of the BFA Badminton Leipzig and after 1990 as chairman of the Badminton Regional Association Leipzig. From 1991 to 2003 he worked as a B trainer in Saxony and at the HSG DHfK Leipzig. In 2007 he wrote a chronicle of the sport at the HSG for the 50th anniversary of badminton at the DHfK, which was reissued in a comprehensively expanded version in 2012 for the 55th anniversary.
Frank Geißler still lives today, married to the former badminton player Monika Brehmer , in his hometown Leipzig.
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967/1968 | GDR individual championship | Men's doubles | 3 | Frank Geißler / Bernd Hachmeister (DHfK Leipzig) |
| 1967/1968 | GDR team championship | team | 3 | DHfK Leipzig (Volker Herbst, Gerd Pigola, Bernd Hachmeister, Gerd Hachmeister, Joachim Gerhardt, Frank Geißler, Beate Herbst, Christa Neitzsch, Dagmar Herbst-Pigola, Marianne Döhler, Petra Kabisch) |
| 1968/1969 | GDR team championship | team | 2 | DHfK Leipzig (Volker Herbst, Gerd Pigola, Bernd Hachmeister, Gerd Hachmeister, Joachim Gebhardt, Frank Geißler, Beate Herbst, Dagmar Pigola, Marianne Döhler, Petra Kabisch) |
| 1969/1970 | GDR team championship | team | 2 | DHfK Leipzig (Gerd Pigola, Volker Herbst, Gerd Hachmeister, Frank Geißler, Christel Sommer, Beate Herbst, Dagmar Pigola) |
| 1971/1972 | GDR team championship | team | 3 | DHfK Leipzig (Gerd Pigola, Volker Herbst, Wolfgang Böttcher, Jürgen Richter, Frank Geißler, Beate Herbst, Monika Brehmer, Christel Sommer, Helga Pöschel) |
| 1971/1972 | GDR student championship | team | 2 | TU Dresden |
| 1972/1973 | GDR team championship | team | 3 | DHfK Leipzig (Gerd Pigola, Volker Herbst, Wolfgang Böttcher, Jürgen Richter, Bernd Brösdorf, Frank Geißler, Joachim Gerhardt, Hachmeister, Christel Sommer, Helga Pöschel, Beate Herbst, Helga Pöschel) |
| 1972/1973 | GDR student championship | Men's doubles | 3 | Frank Geißler / Jürgen Brösel (TU Dresden / Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald - Greifswald Unit) |
| 1972/1973 | GDR student championship | Mixed | 3 | Frank Geißler / Karin Sitter (TU Dresden / IS Verkehrstechnik Dresden) |
| 1973/1974 | GDR student championship | team | 1 | TU Dresden |
| 1974/1975 | GDR student championship | Mixed | 3 | Frank Geißler / Karin Sitter (TU Dresden / ISVt Bühlau) |
| 1974/1975 | GDR student championship | Men's doubles | 3 | Berthold Groth / Frank Geißler (TU Dresden) |
| 1975/1976 | GDR student championship | team | 1 | TU Dresden |
| 1984/1985 | GDR senior championship age group II | Men's doubles | 3 | Frank Geißler / Hachmeister (DHfK Leipzig) |
| 1985/1986 | GDR senior championship age group II | Men's singles | 2 | Frank Geissler (DHfK Leipzig) |
| 1986/1987 | GDR senior championship age group II | Men's singles | 2 | Frank Geissler (DHfK Leipzig) |
| 1997/1998 | German Individual Championship O55 | Men's singles | 3 | Frank Geissler (DHfK Leipzig) |
| 2010/2011 | German individual championship O70 | Men's singles | 2 | Frank Geissler (DHfK Leipzig) |
| 2015/16 | German individual championship O75 | Mixed | 3 | Frank Geißler / Isolde Gassner (DHfK Leipzig / SV Fellbach) |
| 2015/16 | German individual championship O75 | Men's doubles | 3 | Frank Geißler / Peter-Jürgen Horak (DHfK Leipzig / VfB Hermsdorf) |
credentials
- René Born: Badminton in Tröbitz (Part 1 - The beginnings, the medal winners, the statistics) , self-published (2007), 455 pages ( online version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geissler, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |