Otto Vilsmaier

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Otto Vilsmaier (born February 27, 1962 in Plattling ) has been a member of the German team at the Paralympics in wheelchair table tennis since 1996 . He successfully participated in the Paralympics and in European and World Championships. Vilsmaier lives in Plattling in the Scheuer district.

Career

He attended elementary school and then did an apprenticeship as a car mechanic. In 1981 he was trained as a papermaker at the new paper mill in Plattling. He was a footballer (SV Pankofen) and air rifle shooter .

Since a serious car accident in 1982 he has been paralyzed and dependent on a wheelchair. He retrained and has since worked as an office worker at MD Paper.

In 1989 he joined TSV Plattling and founded the wheelchair table tennis division. The new TSV department began with five players, sports doctor Ulrich Dachs and trainer / supervisor Christian Mahal, and two years later it was able to take part in the first Bavarian championship and in 1993 for the first time in a German championship. In 1996 the first international success was achieved at the Paralympics in Atlanta (bronze with the team). In the course of the following years numerous participations and medal wins in international world ranking tournaments, European championships and world championships followed. After his fourth Paralympic participation in Beijing in 2008, Vilsmaier ended his career on an international level.

For winning the bronze medal at the 2004 Paralympic Games, he received the silver laurel leaf from Federal President Horst Köhler on March 16, 2005 .

In the class of his degree of disability (Tetra 1), Vilsmaier is considered to be one of the most outstanding German players in recent years.

He was the first ever Paralympic medal winner in his hometown Plattling history.

Since July 28, 2004 he has been the disability officer for the district of Deggendorf. In 2004 he was awarded the Bladilotaler of the city of Plattling .

successes

  • 1996 Team 3rd place Paralympics in Atlanta
  • 1997 individual 3rd place EM
  • 1998 individual 3rd place World Cup
  • 2000 Team 5th place in the Paralympics in Sydney
  • 2002 individual 4th place in the World Cup
  • 2003 team 3rd place EM
  • 2004 Team 3rd place Paralympics in Athens
  • 2005 team 3rd place EM
  • 2007 team 3rd place EM
  • 2008 Participation in the Beijing Paralympics

literature

  • Ariane Freier: Disability officer in the district. In: Passauer Neue Presse from July 29, 2004
  • Theres Müller: Paralympics in Athens, part 1. In: Passauer Neue Presse from October 2, 2004
  • Theres Müller: Paralympics in Athens, part 2. In: Passauer Neue Presse from October 8, 2004
  • PNP: Awarding of the Bladilotaler. In: Passauer Neue Presse from November 24, 2004
  • Julia Hertlein: Paralympics 2008. In: Passauer Neue Presse from September 4, 2008


Individual evidence

  1. ^ Greetings from the Federal President on March 16, 2005 on the occasion of the award of the Silver Laurel Leaf to the German medal winners of the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games
personal data
SURNAME Vilsmaier, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German disabled athlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Plattling , Germany