TIGLER Mathis

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 20 Jan 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: DINSLAKEN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : WESEL

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

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, German

TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen [Germany] since 2008

Martin Blechschmidt [club], GER; Michael Merten [national], GER

Position style:

Libero (tagesspiegel.de, 14 Sep 2016; Instagram profile, 31 May 2021)

2013 for Germany (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

He began playing sitting volleyball in 2009 with TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

He played football before his illness. After losing his lower leg, he took up table tennis but soon realised he wanted to be involved in a team sport again. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021; derwesten.de, 21 Oct 2009)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (nrz.de, 31 May 2021)

Winning silver at the 2015 European Championships in Warendorf, Germany, and placing sixth at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

His father. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

German sitting volleyball players Siegmund Soike, Stefan Hahnlein, Mats Bastian Gerhard, Robert Grylak. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"If you only do what you can already do, you will remain what you already are." (Facebook profile, 13 May 2016)

He was named Best Junior Player of the 2014 International LE-Cup in Leipzig, Germany. (behindertensport-sachsen.de, 01 Dec 2014)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (derwesten.de, 21 Oct 2009)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (derwesten.de, 21 Oct 2009)

Impairment Details
In 2003 his left leg was amputated below the knee due to bone cancer. (nrz.de, 13 Nov 2009; derwesten.de, 21 Oct 2009)

Social Media

Legend

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

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