SCHIFFLER Alexander

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 20 Jan 1982

Age: 39

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: DRESDEN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : RADEBEUL

Residence 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
4	Men	2004	Athens, GRE
5	Men	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
6	Men	2014	Elblag, POL
European Championships
3	Men	2019	Budapest, HUN
5	Men	2017	Porec, CRO

Alex (sparkassen-team-london.de, 09 Mar 2012)

Fishing. (Athlete, 22 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Environmental Engineering - Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, GER

Wife Michelle Schiffler, two daughters

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

DSC Dresden [Germany] since 2015

Michael Merten [national], GER

Position style:

Middle blocker (Sitting Volleyball Team Germany Facebook page, 01 Dec 2015)

Sporting relatives:

His wife Michelle Schiffler represented the United States of America in sitting volleyball at the Paralympic Games in 2012 and 2016, winning silver in 2012 and gold in 2016. She has since began representing Germany. (Athlete, 22 Jan 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 25 Aug 2021)

1998 for Germany (Athlete, 22 Jan 2021)

He began playing sitting volleyball in 1996 in Freital, Germany. (Sitting Volleyball Team Germany Facebook page, 01 Dec 2015)

"I particularly like my sport because it is very fast and there is a lot of action." (sparkassen-team-london.de, 09 Mar 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dsc1898.de, 21 Sep 2016)

Winning bronze at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 22 Jan 2021)

His wife Michelle. (Athlete, 22 Jan 2021)

"I prepare myself mentally with some special routines." (Athlete, 22 Jan 2021)

Philosophy:

"Play hard on the court but be friendly off the court." (Athlete, 22 Jan 2021)

He was named Best Blocker at the 2015 European Championships in Warendorf, Germany. (mdr.de, 08 Oct 2015)

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 (berliner-kurier.de, 07 Jun 2002)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (berliner-kurier.de, 07 Jun 2002)

Impairment Details
His right leg was amputated above the knee after he was diagnosed with bone cancer at age seven. He underwent rotationplasty surgery, where the removed ankle is rotated 180 degrees and reattached to the leg to form a knee joint. He spent one year in hospital. (berliner-kurier.de, 07 Jun 2002)

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Legend

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

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