Franz Zeilner

Franz Zeilner 1971

Franz Zeilner (born September 13, 1953 ) is an author, professor and former Austrian canoeist who practiced white water sports (slalom and downhill) and canoe racing as an all-rounder . He was often Austrian national champion in several disciplines, member of the Olympic B-team 1972 Munich (canoe slalom K1) and participant in two world championships in the white water run in the K1 and in the white water European Cup 1974 (downhill K1). He achieved international success in white water sports, especially on classic racetracks.

biography

Zeilner began canoeing in 1966 in Steyr , where he previously trained floor and apparatus gymnastics for a short time. In 1969 he achieved his first of a total of 16 Austrian state championship titles in the master class in the team competition (3 × K1 slalom) with Kurt Presslmayr and Günter Tremba. In 1970 he won the team competition in canoe slalom at the European youth canoe competitions with Gerhard Peinhaupt and Norbert Sattler. In 1971 he set the fastest time of the day in the international canoe slalom in the Lieserschlucht. In this year the training and racing community began with Gerhard Peinhaupt, with whom he remained undefeated in canoe racing in K2 in the youth and juniors in Austria. The joint training with top athletes brought a level of performance that was necessary for inclusion in the Olympic B squad for the Olympic Summer Games in Munich 1972 (Canoe Slalom K1), for participation in two world championships ( 1973 Muotathal / Switzerland and 1975 Skopje / Yugoslavia) in the white water run (K1 ) and to a starting place in the White Water European Cup (EC) 1974 (departure K1). In the then newly founded WW European Cup, the name of which was later changed to World Cup, he also wrote part of sports history. That was for canoeing in Austria with the athletes Gerhard Peinhaupt, Gerda Aumayr (WW downhill), Norbert Sattler and Peter Fauster (WW slalom) and the international sports official Walter Aumayr.

Zeilner is one of the first athletes in Austria to be sponsored by the Austrian Sports Aid due to his sporting success . In the jubilee book 40 Years of Österreichische Sporthilfe 1971–2011 he was considered by sports journalists among the 40 winners for the Austrian Sporthilfe.

He was the first lecturer at an Austrian university who taught canoeing and alpine kayaking as a practical elective for students. His university textbook entitled Canoeing, Competitive and Recreational Sports, is widespread in many countries. Canoeing, especially in school sports, was also a topic in his lecture Fundamentals of Sports Law and Sports Organization at the University of Salzburg , where he was a university lecturer and research assistant from 1989 to 2009. He also gave courses on white water sports, legal issues relating to sports, paddling and alpine kayaking and paddling at the University of Vienna .

Zeilner is married to a teacher and has one son

World Championships (WM) and World Cup dress rehearsal

year	space	Competition	country
1973	23	WW- departure K1	/ Muotathal
1974	17th	WM dress rehearsal WW downhill K1	/ Skopje
1975	28	WW departure K1	/ Skopje

WW European Cup (EC)

year	space	EC overall ranking	country
1974	8th	WW departure K1	| |

Austrian state championships

year	discipline	space	Competition
1969	WW sport	1	Place canoe slalom (3xK1 slalom) with Kurt Presslmayr and Günter Tremba
1970	WW sport	1	Place (3xK1 WW downhill) with Kurt Presslmayr and Günter Tremba.
1971	Canoe racing (youth)	1	Place in K2, 500 meters with Gerhard Peinhaupt Place in K2, 3000 meters with Gerhard Peinhaupt Place in K4, 500 meters with Gerhard Peinhaupt, Jörg Listberger and Walter Hauser.
1971	WW-Sport (youth)	2	Place canoe slalom in K1
1971	WW-Sport (youth)	3	Place WW downhill in K1
1972	WW sport	1	Place (3xK1 WW downhill) with Kurt Presslmayr and Helmut Bernhard.
1972	WW-Sport (youth)	1	Place canoe slalom in K1 Place WW downhill in K1
1973	WW sport	1	Place (3xK1 WW downhill) with Gerhard Peinhaupt and Helmut Bernhard
1973	Canoe racing (beginners / juniors)	1	Place in the K2 500 meters with Gerhard Peinhaupt Place in K2 1000 meters with Gerhard Peinhaupt Place in K2 10,000 meters with Gerhard Peinhaupt
1973	Canoe racing (beginners / juniors)	2	Place in K1 500 meters Place in K1 1000 meters
1973	WW sport	3	Place WW downhill in K1
1973	Canoe racing	2	Place in the K4 10,000 meters with Gerhard Peinhaupt, Miodrag Graovac and Werner Peyrl
1974	Canoe racing	1	Place in the K4 10,000 meters with Kurt Heubusch, Kurt Klausberger and Josef Weninger
1975	Canoe racing	1	Place in the K4 1000 meters with Günther Pfaff, Kurt Heubusch and Miodrag Graovac Place in the K4 10,000 meters with Kurt Heubusch, Miodrag Graovac and Josef Weninger
1975	Canoe racing	2	Place in K 1 10,000 meters
1975	Canoe racing	2	Place in the K1 4 x 500 meter relay with Günther Pfaff, Kurt Heubusch and Miodrag Graovac
1976	Canoe racing	1	Place in the K1 4 × 500 meter relay with Günther Pfaff, Kurt Heubusch and Manfred Babitz
1976	Canoe racing	2	Place in K2 10,000 meters with Manfred Babitz
1979	Canoe racing	3	Place in the K4 1000 meters with Manfred Babitz, Kurt Klausberger and Kurt Lindlgruber (June)
1979	Canoe racing	3	Place in K4 10,000 meters with Kurt Heubusch, Kurt Klausberger and Kurt Lindlgruber (June)

International success

• 1st place in the international canoe slalom on the Sanna near Landeck (Austria) in 1969 in the team competition (3xK1 slalom) with Kurt Presslmayr and Norbert Obermayr.
• 1st place in the European youth canoe competitions and the international ASVÖ youth comparison match 1970 on the Möll (Austria) in the team competition (3xK1 slalom) with Gerhard Peinhaupt and Norbert Sattler in front of Poland and Yugoslavia.
• Best time of the day in the international canoe slalom on the Lieser (Austria) in 1971 in the K1.
• 2nd place in the international canoe slalom on the Lieser (Austria) 1971 in the team competition (3xK1 slalom) with Helmut Bernhard and Günter Tremba.
• 1st place in the international salt crystal slalom on the Traun (Austria) 1971 in the team competition (3xK1 slalom) with Kurt Presslmayr and Günter Tremba.
• 11th place at the international canoe slalom in Thale (German Democratic Republic) in 1971 on the Bode in K1 (Olympic qualification).
• 12th place at the international canoe slalom in LLangollen (Wales / England) in 1971 on the River Dee (Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy) in the K1 (Olympic qualification).
• 18th place in the international canoe slalom on the Vltava near Lipno (Czechoslovakia) in 1971 in the K1 (Olympic qualification).
• 14th place at the Austrian Grand Prix on the Lieser (Austria) 1972, a paraworld championship and test race for the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the canoe slalom and fourth place in the white water run in the K1.
• 4th place in the international white water descent on the Vltava near Lipno (Czechoslovakia) in 1972 in the K1.
• 3rd place at the international white water run on the Sanna near Landeck (Austria) in 1972 in the K1.
• 7th place at the Grand Prix of Austria on the Lieser (Austria) 1973 in the canoe slalom in the K1.
• 8th place at the Grand Prix of Austria on the Lieser (Austria) 1973 in the white water run in the K1.
• 5th place in the international white water run on the Saalach near Lofer (Austria) in 1973 in the K1.
• 6th place in the international canoe slalom on the Sanna near Landeck (Austria) 1973 in the team competition (3xK1 slalom) with Gerhard Peinhaupt and Helmut Bernhard.
• 1st place in the international white water run on the Sanna near Landeck (Austria) 1973 in the team competition (3xK1 run) with Gerhard Peinhaupt and Helmut Bernhard.
• 9th place in the international canoe slalom on the Sanna near Landeck (Austria) in 1973 in the K1.
• 10th place in the international white water run on the Sanna near Landeck (Austria) in 1973 in the K1.
• 5th place at the international white water run on the Enza near Reggio Emilia (Italy) in 1973 in the K1.
• 12th place in the European Cup (EC) downhill on the Lesse (Belgium) in 1974 in the K1.
• 7th place in the European Cup (EC) downhill on the Passer near Meran (Italy) in 1974 in the K1. 3rd place in the team nations ranking.
• 7th place in the European Cup (EC) downhill on the Loisach near Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Federal Republic of Germany) in 1974 in the K1.
• 2nd place in the international canoe slalom on the Lieser (Austria) 1974 in the 1b evaluation.
• 1st place in the international white water descent on the Sanna near Landeck (Austria) 1974 in the team competition (3xK1 descent) with Hans Schlecht and Peter Haas.

River trips

In addition to competitive sports and after the end of the competition period, Franz Zeilner also drove into wild rivers up to difficulty levels five and above. These were mainly rivers in Austria such as the Enns or sections of the Enns in the Gesäuses area, the Koppentraun, the Lammeröfen, the Salzachöfen etc.

On October 30, 1971, after the end of the competition season, the Salzachöfen - which the Austrian Adolf Anderle from the Academic Kayak Club in Vienna was able to climb for the first time in 1931 and where a total of thirty trips had been made by 1950, some of them unsuccessfully - were used in very difficult conditions. Canoeists from competitive sports, from the traditional Austrian canoeing clubs Forelle Steyr (Kurt Presslmayr, Franz Zeilner ), Klagenfurt kayak club (Heinz Dopsch, Manfred Pock, Norbert Sattler, Helmar Steindl, Heimo Müllneritsch, Erich Wilhelmer) and Union Kanu Klub Wien (Michael Neudecker ), met at the end of the 1971 competition season near Pass Lueg to prepare for the legendary Salzachöfen.

The entry with the slalom racing boats was about 500 meters above the gorge. The key points were the entrance surge into the Salzachöfen, followed by river passages with massive boulders and difficult passages. Especially the entrance to the so-called "Dom", a difficultly blocked slope. The cathedral, an imposing natural spectacle, was a highlight of the tour. About fifty meters high above the river, the Hagen and Tennengebirge arches here to form a dome of enormous dimensions, which is closed at the top by huge clamping blocks (from one to one Path accessible rock opening, the so-called "pulpit", a view of the outside of the cathedral is possible). The exit from the cathedral was followed by very difficult river passages, the most difficult of which was the so-called "horseshoe". Pressed together by large rocks, the river flows head-on towards a huge boulder, where it forms a heavy rebound, a massive funnel eddy and "washed out" rock faces. With the exit from the horseshoe, the efforts were over. The Austrian canoeists successfully navigated the Salzachöfen on October 30, 1971.

Publications

Monographs

• Liability and claims for damages in sports accidents . Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-631-38120-5 , also diploma thesis at the University of Salzburg.
• Sport and law . Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 2003, ISBN 978-3-631-50262-4 .
• Basics of sports law. Organization of sport . Textbook. Freya-Verlag, Linz 2005, ISBN 978-3-902134-94-3 .
• Canoeing. Competition and recreational sports . Textbook. Freya-Verlag, Linz 2007, ISBN 978-3-902540-41-6 .
• Constitution, constitutional law and teaching of public law in Austria until 1848 . Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57765-3 .
• History of political education in Austria as a teaching principle and as a subject . Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-60553-0 , also diploma thesis at the University of Innsbruck .
• Political education as an instrument to improve political participation, political interest and the quality of democracy . PL Academy Research, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-631-66143-7 . also a master's thesis at the University of Vienna.
• Burnout in the context of corporate health management and cost issues. Professional prevention and rehabilitation options . Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-631-74422-2 . also dissertation at the European University Belgrade.
• Canoeing, competitive and recreational sports. Historical and current opportunities for canoeing . GRIN Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-668-96957-5 , reference book from 2007.

Contributions

• Basic features of medieval criminal law . In: Ursula Floßmann , Gerhard Putschögl (Hrsg.): Witches trials, seminar on the history of criminal law in Upper Austria . 1987, ISBN 3-85320-411-2 , pp. 1-8.
• Life insurance , in: Forum Gesundheit, the health magazine of the Upper Austrian regional health insurance fund , 1/2010, pp. 14–15.
• Chronic Stress and Burnout, Mental Health , in: ASU Journal for Medical Prevention, Edition 03.2018, E 4375, Volume 53, Gentner Verlag Stuttgart, pp. 176–178.
• A healthy leadership culture prevents burnout, mental health , in: ASU magazine for medical prevention, issue 08 2018, E4375, 53 year, Gentner Verlag Stuttgart, pp. 506–507

Papers

• Promoting health through exercise, 2019, DOI: 10.5281 / zenodo.3240262
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a form of therapy for the treatment of depression and burnout. GRIN-Verlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-346-12841-6 . Diploma thesis 2019. DOI 10.5281 / zenodo.3568000.
• From folding boats to plastic boats. Presentation in the context of major developments in canoeing. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-346-11917-9 . Scientific article 2020. DOI 10.5281 / zenodo.3598672.
• 6 theses (Universities of Vienna and Salzburg). GRIN-Verlag Munich.

Reviews

• Christian Berger: Franz Zeilner - History of political education in Austria as a teaching principle and as a subject . Newsletter of the Political Academy (POLAK) of June 22, 2011, doi: 10.5281 / zenodo.2704358 .
• Tamara Ehs, Franz Zeilne r: History of political education in Austria as a teaching principle and as a subject . Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History: German Department, Volume 130, Issue 1, 2013, Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, ISSN  0323-4045 , pp. 708–709.
• Michael JP Ulrich: Franz Zeilner - Political education as an instrument to improve political participation, political interest and the quality of democracy . Newsletter of the Political Academy (POLAK) of October 15, 2015, doi: 10.5281 / zenodo.2789261 .
• Dr. Jutta Kindel: Franz Zeilner - Burnout in the context of corporate health management and cost issues. Professional prevention and rehabilitation options . July 11, 2018, doi: 10.5281 / zenodo.2587565 .

literature

• With all waters , in: 40 Years of Österreichische Sporthilfe 1971–2011. More success for Austria's sport . Published by the Austrian Sports Aid. Editing: Anton Schutti et al., Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502982-3-9 , pp. 122–123.

Honors

• Regional sport honor mark of the Upper Austrian regional government in gold (1977), in silver (1976) and in bronze (1971).
• Sports honor of the city of Steyr in gold (1976).

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Zeilner in the catalog of the German National Library

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• Archive Austria Press Agency (APA)
• Image independent and non-partisan Munich, Monday, August 13, 2012, p. 20. That's going on at 1860: Historic day.
• Bosina Gerhard, the development of canoeing in Austria, term paper at the University of Vienna 1981.
• Digital State Library Upper Austria: Austria's paddling sport . Digitized .
• Die Presse, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, p. 12, Whitewater: Jubilee. Historical review.
• Die Presse, Wednesday, September 10, 2014, p. 21, Canoeing: It all began 40 years ago.
• Dopsch Heinz, end of the paddling season in the Salzachöfen, Austria's canoeing elite met in Salzburg, in: Österreichs Paddelsport, No. 8/9, 1971, pp. 2-3.
• Entner Ilse, www.kanugeschichte.net
• Modli Manfred / Raub Max, documentation racing, 70 years of the Austrian Canoe Association, Niederrußbach 1993
• Austria's paddling (canoeing), issues from 1968 to 1976
• Austrian sports yearbooks 1969 to 1976.
• Presslmayr Kurt (4 times world champion in WW-Sport) private documentation Paddelsport A-4400 Steyr
• Franz Zeilner : Basics of sports law and the organization of sports . Linz 2005.
• Franz Zeilner : Canoeing, competitive and recreational sports Linz 2007.
• 40 Years of Österreichische Sporthilfe 1971–2011, published by Österreichische Sporthilfe, Vienna 2011. ISBN 978-3-9502982-3-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinz Dopsch: Documentation Kurt Presslmayr and Franz Zeilner . In: Austria's paddling sport 1971 . Issue 8/9, 1971, pp. 2-3.