VOGEL Martin

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1972

Age: 49

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: SAO PAULO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : NURTINGEN

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
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

Birdie (team-rio-mrn.de, Sep 2016)

Climbing, travelling, writing. (team-tokio-mrn.de, 18 Jul 2018)

Occupation:

English, Geography

Languages spoken:

English, German

TG Nurtingen [Germany]

Michael Merten [national], GER

Other sports:

He has played Para standing volleyball and Para beach volleyball at international level. (stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 24 Dec 2015; dbs-volleyball.de, 29 Apr 2014)

He was recruited to sitting volleyball after the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 24 Dec 2015)

He had previously played for the Germany Para standing volleyball team. After the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, he was approached by [then] national sitting volleyball coach Rudi Sonnenbichler to take up the sport. (stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 24 Dec 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 15 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"In peace lies strength." (Sitting Volleyball Team Germany Facebook page, 02 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 24 Dec 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 24 Dec 2015)

Impairment Details
He was working as a volunteer in the psychiatric ward of Kreiskrankenhauses in Nurtingen, Germany. In June 1993 he was attending to a patient when he was shot in the back. The bullet lodged in his spine and resulted in incomplete paraplegia. (stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 24 Dec 2015)

General
COACH
He has served as player/coach of German sitting volleyball club Anpfiff-Hoffenheim in Germany. (anpfiff-ins-leben.de, 09 Nov 2016)

Legend

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

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