Peter Seisenbacher

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Peter Seisenbacher
Peter Seisenbacher (Gala-Nacht des Sports 2009).jpg
Peter Seisenbacher in 2009
Personal information
Born25 March 1960 (1960-03-25) (age 64)
Vienna, Austria
OccupationJudo coach
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Austria
Sport Judo
Rank      7th dan black belt [1]
League Erste Judo Bundesliga
ClubJC Manner, Wien
Budoclub Wien
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Gold medal.svg (1984, 1988)
World Champ. Gold medal world centered-2.svg (1985)
European Champ. Gold medal europe.svg (1986)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles ‍–‍86 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul ‍–‍86 kg
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Seoul ‍–‍86 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Belgrade ‍–‍86 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Vienna ‍–‍86 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Paris ‍–‍86 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Belgrade Open
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Liege ‍–‍86 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Hamar ‍–‍86 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Paris ‍–‍86 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Pamplona ‍–‍86 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 Edinburgh ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 11460
JudoInside.com 5694
Updated on 18 June 2023

Peter Seisenbacher (born 25 March 1960) is a judo coach and retired judoka from Austria.

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Judo career

He competed in the middleweight category (−86 kg) at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two gold medals, in 1984 and 1988. [2] He also won a world title in 1985 and European title in 1986. [3]

After retiring from competitions, Seisenbacher worked as a judo coach, in Austria, Georgia (2010–2012), and Azerbaijan (2012–2013). Under his guidance, the Georgian team won 2 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals at European championships, one bronze medal at world championships, and an Olympic gold medal in 2012.

Personal life

After years of circulating rumors, in June 2014 a number of women filed criminal complaints against Seisenbacher for alleged sexual misconduct against them when they were still minors. On 5 October 2016 Seisenbacher was formally indicted by the Vienna Prosecutor's Office for statutory rape of two girls who at the time were less than 14 years of age, and for attempted sexual assault of one girl who at the time was 16 years old. The first indictment involved a girl who was 11 when in 1999 she allegedly was sexually assaulted on multiple occasions by Seisenbacher lasting until 2001; the second indictment involved the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in 2004. The attempted sexual assault of the 16-year-old allegedly occurred during a training camp in Croatia in 2001. [4] [5] [6] [7]

The formal indictment came after a lengthy judicial investigation following earlier police complaints filed in 2013 by several former pupils, as reported by numerous newspapers in June 2014. [8] [9] [10]

However, in December 2016 Seisenbacher failed to show up for his trial in court for two days in a row and instead fled the country, after which he officially became a fugitive from justice on worldwide warrant. [11] [12] [13] While Interpol searched for him in Europe, Kazachstan, the United States and Dubai, [11] Seisenbacher was able to remain on the run for 200 days. Considered dangerous, he was finally arrested by a SWAT team on 2 August 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine and was handed over to Austria on 12 September 2019. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] The trial started on 25 November in Vienna; on 2 December Seisenbacher was found guilty and sentenced to 5 years in prison. [19] On November 4, 2022 he was released from prison. [20]

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References

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Seisenbacher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  3. ↑ PETER SEISENBACHER (Austria). realjudo.net
  4. ↑ Reibenwein, Michaela (5 October 2016). "Seisenbacher soll Mädchen missbraucht haben". Kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ The Standard (6 October 2016). "(Judo) Austrian Olympian charged with sex assault of girls". The Standard (Hongkong). Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. ↑ L'esprit du Judo (6 October 2016). "Ein Feuerwerk an Fußwürfen bei FTN". L'esprit du Judo (in French). Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  7. ↑ DE News Today, "Doppel-Olympiasieger Seisenbacher wegen Missbrauchs angeklagt", DE News Today, October 5, 2016
  8. ↑ Wiener Zeitung (11 June 2014). "Ermittlungen gegen Seisenbacher bald abgeschlossen". Wiener Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  9. ↑ DiePresse.com (10 June 2014). "Olympiasieger Seisenbacher steht unter Missbrauchsverdacht". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Wiener Zeitung (5 October 2016). "Seisenbacher wegen Kindesmissbrauchs angeklagt". Wiener Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Interpol - Red Notice: Seisenbacher, Peter". Interpol. 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  12. ↑ JudoInside (19 December 2016). "Double Olympic Champion Peter Seisenbacher faces worldwide search warrant". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  13. ↑ Kurier.at (19 December 2016). "Seisenbacher erschien nicht vor Gericht". Kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportsman of the year
1984–1985		Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian Sportsman of the year
1988		Succeeded by
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