Georg Tischler

{{short description|Austrian Paralympic athlete}}

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| nationality = Austrian

| sport = Paralympic athletics

| event = Throwing events

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|disability_class = F54

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|09|11}}

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|Paralympic Games|1|0|0

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{{MedalSport|Paralympic athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2004 Athens | Shot Put – F54}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC Athletics World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 2013 Lyon | Shot put F54/55}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC Athletics European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Stadskanaal|Shot put – F54}}

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Georg Tischler (born 11 September 1961) is a Paralympic athlete from Austria competing in seated throwing events. He is classified F54.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/tischler-georg-5502784/ |title=Georg Tischler |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029070612/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/tischler-georg-5502784/ |archive-date=29 October 2012}}

Tischler set the F54 World Record for shot put in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://paralympic.org/Results/world-records/Athletics |title=IPC Athletics World Records |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118205815/http://paralympic.org/Results/world-records/Athletics |archivedate=January 18, 2013 }}

He has competed at four consecutive Paralympics starting in 2000 and has always competed in the shot put and discus as well as the javelin in 2000. His only medal so far came in Athens in 2004 where he won gold in the F54 shot put.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/georg-tischler |title=Georg Tischler |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=}} He reached the finals but did not medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.