Matthias Bühler

Matthias Bühler
Bühler at the German Championships 2014
nation	Germany
birthday	2nd September 1986
place of birth	Lahr / Black Forest ,  BR Germany
size	189 cm
Weight	76 kg
job	IT system administrator
Career
discipline	Hurdles
Best performance	60 m H (1.067): 7.69 s 110 m H (1.067): 13.34 s (+1.3 m / s)
society	LG Eintracht Frankfurt , formerly: TSG 1862 Weinheim , LG Offenburg , TV Haslach
Trainer	before: Wilhelm Seigel, Andreas Behm, first trainers: Max, Jürgen and Frank Schmider
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 0 × World championships 0 × 0 × 0 × European championships 0 × 0 × 0 × European team championship 1 × 0 × 1 × German championships 8 × 2 × 0 × German indoor championships 0 × 0 × 2 ×
European team championship gold 2009 Leiria (Portugal) team bronze 2009 Leiria (Portugal) 110 m above sea level  German championships gold 2009 Ulm 110 m above sea level gold 2010 Braunschweig 110 m above sea level gold 2011 Kassel 110 m above sea level silver 2012 Wattenscheid 110 m above sea level gold 2013 Ulm 110 m above sea level gold 2014 Ulm 110 m above sea level silver 2015 Nuremberg 110 m above sea level gold 2016 Kassel 110 m above sea level gold 2017 Erfurt 110 m above sea level gold 2020 Braunschweig 110 m above sea level  German indoor championships bronze 2012 Karlsruhe 60 m H bronze 2013 Dortmund 60 m H

Matthias Bühler (born September 2, 1986 in Lahr / Black Forest ) is a German hurdle sprinter from Haslach in the Kinzigtal .

Athletic career

He began his career as a student at TV Haslach under Max, Jürgen and Frank Schmider. Bühler completed an apprenticeship as an IT system administrator in Haslach. Until 2011 he was with the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr . In 2005, after moving to LG Offenburg, he specialized in the 110 meter hurdles. Matthias Bühler's trainer at LG Offenburg was Wilhelm Seigel. Its main strength lies in the finish.

Matthias Bühler at the DLV World Championship test competition 2011 in Mannheim

Bühler became German champion in the 110-meter hurdles in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020 and started for Germany at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, where he was eliminated in the preliminary stages, and at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona ( 12th place). At the European Championships in Helsinki in 2012 , he narrowly missed the finals with 10th place. In advance, he was able to exceed the norm for the Olympic Games in Mannheim . In London he retired in advance.

In 2013 he improved his personal best in the hall over 60 meter hurdles and took part in the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg.

In 2016, Bühler won the German championship title for the sixth time with 13.44 s and secured participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by reaching the standard .

Bühler was part of the B-team of the German Athletics Association (DLV) .

By moving to LG Eintracht Frankfurt , where he started for Team International on January 1, 2017 , Bühler was able to avert his premature retirement. At the end of 2018, he ended his competitive sports career and started a job as an IT specialist. In August 2019 he got back into training fully and planned his comeback as a hurdle sprinter. In 2020 he took part in the first competition. In the third competition after his comeback, he ran the 110 meter hurdles in Regensburg, Germany's best time of 13.60 seconds. In Braunschweig on August 8, 2020, he became German champion over 110 meter hurdles for the eighth time in 13.62 seconds.

Top performances

• 110 m hurdles: 13.34 s, Beijing, August 27, 2015
• 60 m hurdles: 7.69 s, Dortmund, February 23, 2013 in the hall

Greatest successes

• 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020: German champion
  • 2012, 2015: German runner-up
• 2012: Participation in the Olympic Games in London
• 2014: 9th place at the European Championships in Zurich
• 2015: 11th place at the World Championships in Beijing
• 2016: Participation in the Olympic Games in Rio

Web links

Commons : Matthias Bühler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Matthias Bühler in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Matthias Bühler's website
• Athlete portrait on Leichtathletik.de
• Athlete portrait by Matthias Bühler at the ARD sports show
• 2015 season video by Matthias Bühler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung January 17, 2012
2. ↑ Matthias Bühler changes to Eintracht Frankfurt , averted the end of his career, to: Leichtathletik.de, from November 30, 2016, accessed November 30, 2016
3. ↑ Uwe Martin: Alternating stories and a career end. In: Hessian Athletics Association. December 1, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ https://www.badische-zeitung.de/leichtathletik-2/huerdensprinter-matthias-buehler-nach-seinem-comeback-ich-habe-keine-angst-zu-verlieren
5. ↑ Johannes Knuth: Dimmed tone, clear concern , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 30, 2020.
6. ↑ https://www.badische-zeitung.de/leichtathletik-2/huerdensprinter-matthias-buehler-nach-seinem-comeback-ich-habe-keine-angst-zu-verlieren
7. ↑ https://www.badische-zeitung.de/johannes-vetter-und-matthias-buehler-gewinnen-titel-bei-der-deutschen-meisterschaft--191463005.html