HAEHNLEIN Stefan

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 12 Jun 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: BERLIN

Birth Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Men GER Germany	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #03 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 3 GER Germany 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #07 GER Germany 1 CHN China 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #10 BRA Brazil 1 GER Germany 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's 5-6 Classification #14 EGY Egypt 3 GER Germany 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Men	2012	London, GBR
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
6	Men	2014	Elblag, POL
10	Men	2018	Netherlands
European Championships
3	Men	2019	Budapest, HUN
5	Men	2017	Porec, CRO

Occupation:

Consultant, Human Resources

Business Administration, Cologne, GER

Languages spoken:

TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen [Germany]

Michael Merten [national], GER

Position style:

Feeder (sporthilfe.de, 01 Jul 2014)

He began playing sitting volleyball in 2004 in Berlin, Germany. (volleyball-verband.de, 22 Jun 2012; netzathleten.de, 28 Oct 2008)

Before his illness he played basketball. After his operation he initially took up archery. However, he missed the action of ball sports so he moved on to sitting volleyball. (sporthilfe.de, 01 Jul 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (adecco.de, 14 May 2021)

Winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and competing at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (parasport.de, 01 Jan 2020)

He received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt [Silver Laurel Leaf] in Germany in recognition of his bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (saar-report.de, 07 Nov 2012)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (sporthilfe.de, 01 Jul 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 03 Apr 2011)

Impairment Details
His right leg was amputated above the knee after he was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2002. He underwent rotationplasty surgery, involving the ankle joint being rotated 180 degrees and reattached to the leg to form a knee joint. (video-center.bayer.com, 22 Aug 2016; sporthilfe.de, 01 Jul 2014; Athlete, 03 Apr 2011)

General
OCCUPATION
He works as a service consultant at Adecco, a recruitment company in Cologne, Germany. (adecco.de, 14 May 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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