Career
He trains at Turn- und Sportverein Musberg in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, coached by Janis Zamanduridis from the national wrestling team Stäbler represented Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the 66 kg class in men"s Greco-Roman wrestling. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Hungary"s Tamás Lőrincz, who was able to score six points in two straight periods, leaving Stäbler with a single point.
Unfortunately, he lost the bronze medal match to Georgia"s Manuchar Tskhadaia, who formidably pushed him out of the wrestling mat in the third period, with a score of 1–3. all competitions are held in Greco-Roman style of wrestling (only Senior) Stäbler"s logo, which appears on the official merchandise, his video diary and printed media, is a jumping squirrel.
Later this jump was called as "squirrel jump" (orig "Eichhörnchen Sprung") by German journalists.