Marcus winner
Marcus Sieger (born October 7, 1975 in Denkingen ) is a German table tennis player and former wheelchair curler . From 2007 to 2011 he was a member of the national curling team, in 2013 he also made the leap to the German national table tennis team (DBS). He was a participant in both sports at world championships and also a participant in the Paralympics 2010 in Vancouver .
So far he is the most successful athlete in the history of his home town of Denkingen.
Among other things, he has won a World Cup medal in winter and summer sports, in two completely different Olympic and Paralympic sports.
Career
Marcus Sieger attended secondary school and then completed an apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic . In 1992 he was trained as an industrial mechanic in Gosheim. Until his accident he was a gymnast , soccer player and parachutist .
Since a serious parachute crash in 1997 he has been paralyzed ( quadriplegic / C6) and has to rely on a wheelchair. He has been working for a milling machine manufacturer since 1992 .
In 2007 he was appointed to the national team for the first time in wheelchair curling . After the World Championship qualification in 2007 in Inverness , he played on position 4. Before the World Championship qualification in 2008 in Prague , he then moved to the third position and took over the position of Vice-Skip (Vice-Team Leader). After winning the bronze medal at the World Championships in Vancouver in 2009 , he and his team were voted Disabled Sportsman of the Year . At the Winter Paralympics 2010 in Vancouver, he had his first assignment as skip (team captain) of the national team in the last game.
Since retiring from the national curling team after the 2011 World Cup, he has devoted himself exclusively to what was once his second main sport, table tennis. In 2013 he was also nominated in table tennis for the German national team and in September 2013 he played his first European championship in Lignano, Italy . Here he won the runner-up title in the team straight away. A year later he was runner- up at the World Championships in Beijing . In 2015 he won the German championship title for the first time.
successes
Wheelchair table tennis
2015: 1st place German championship in individual
2014: 2nd place world championship in the team in Beijing / China
2013: 2nd place European championship in the team in Lignano / Italy
2013: 3rd place German championship in individual
2012: 2nd place German championship in individual
2012: 2nd place German championship in doubles
Wheelchair curling
2011: 9th place World Championship in Prague / Czech Republic
2010: 8th place Paralympics in Vancouver / Canada
2009: 3rd place World Championship in Vancouver / Canada
2008: 1st place World Championship qualification in Prague / Czech Republic
2008: 2nd place German championship
2007: 4th place in the World Championship qualification in Inverness / Scotland
Awards
2010: among the 68 nominated athletes for the election of " Champion of the Year "
2010: Appointment as sports ambassador for the Olympic and Paralympic Games "Munich 2018"
2009: Elected Disabled Sportsman of the Year (Team)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winner will be Vice World Champion Schwäbische.de, September 16, 2014, accessed on September 24, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winner, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German disabled athlete, member of the German national wheelchair curling team (since 2007) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th October 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denkingen |