Peter Seisenbacher
Peter Seisenbacher ( born March 25, 1960 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian judoka and winner of the 7th Dan.
On his participation in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles to Seisenbacher prepared at Tokai University and the University of Tsukuba in Japan, where he found the ideal training conditions. For his development to Spitzenjudoka his coach George Kerr, Norbert Herrmann and Lutz Lischka have made their contribution. The self-confidence gained in Japan led him to the first Olympic gold medal. Four years later he became the first judoka ever a successful title defense at the Olympic Games in Seoul.
Following his racing career Seisenbacher worked until 1992 as Secretary General of Austrian Sports Aid. After that, he was the national team coach for the men of the Austrian Judo Association. He was released after a dispute with a team of fighters on the A- tournament in Leon thing in 1991 and suspended for one year. In 1984 he founded the " Budoclub Vienna ". Between 2005 and 2010 he was president of the Vienna Judo National Association.
From 2010 he was the coach of the Georgian national judo master. In the Judo European Championships 2012 in Chelyabinsk, the team was able to provide a European champion in the middleweight division and won the title of European Champion in the men's team. By 2012, the Georgian team won under his leadership, two gold, three silver and four bronze medals at the European Championships and a bronze medal at the World Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London Lasha Schawdatuaschwili won in the class to 66 kg of gold.
In October 2012, he was appointed coach of the Azerbaijani judo Men National Team. At the World Cup in 2013 in Rio Elkhan Mammadov became world champions to 100 pounds and won bronze hurricane Safarov to 60 kilos
Awards and achievements
- Gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and 1988 in Seoul.
- World Cup 1985 in Seoul
- European champion in 1986 in Belgrade
- Austrian Sportsman of the Year in 1984, 1985 and 1988
- More times Austrian Champion
- Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (1996 )