Frank Stäbler

Frank Stäbler

Frank Stäbler in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 27) Böblingen, Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Website	frank-staebler.com/index.php/en/
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	TSV Musberg SV Germania 04 Weingarten
Coached by	Janis Zamanduridis
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships 2013 Budapest 66 kg 2015 Las Vegas 66 kg European Games 2015 Baku 71 kg European Championships 2012 Belgrade 66 kg 2014 Vantaa 66 kg

Frank Stäbler (born 27 June 1989), or Frank Staebler, is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the 2012 European Championship and 2015 World Championship in the welterweight category. Stäbler trains at TSV Musberg in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, coached by Janis Zamanduridis from the national wrestling team.

Stäbler represented Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the 66 kg class in men's Greco-Roman wrestling. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Hungary's Tamás Lőrincz, who was able to score six points in two straight periods, leaving Stäbler with a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Stäbler offered another shot for the bronze medal by successfully defeating United States' Justin Lester in the repechage bout. However, he lost the bronze medal match to Georgia's Manuchar Tskhadaia, who pushed him out of the wrestling mat in the third period, with a score of 1–3.

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Stäbler's logo, which appears on the official merchandise, his video diary and printed media, is a jumping squirrel. During the final fight in 2012 European Wrestling Championships Stäbler literally jumped on the opponent and won the title of European champion 2012. Later this jump was called as "squirrel jump" (orig. "Eichhörnchen Sprung") by German journalists.