Donald David "Donnie" von Geisler III (born October 6, 1978) is a retired
Filipino
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taekwondo
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athlete of
German-American
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descent, who represented the
Philippines
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in the
Summer Olympic Games in the years
2000
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and
2004. He is a
1998 Asian Games
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and World Cup Taekwondo Silver medalist, and won a gold medal for the men's lightweight division at the
2005 Southeast Asian Games
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held in
Pasay
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, Philippines before his retirement.
Geisler is an AB Communication Arts graduate from the
University of Santo Tomas
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.
Early life
Donald David Geisler III was born in
Clark Air Base,
Angeles City
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Pampanga
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to Donald David Geisler Jr. and Gracia Cantor Bayonito. His father was a U.S. Army colonel. Donnie is the third of the five children.
Donnie started playing taekwondo at the age of seven. He was trained by a Korean trainer at his school during his elementary where he developed his skills for the sport.
Personal life
He has a son named Robbie. Donnie and Robbie's mother were both college students when their son was born. They were not ready to get married because they just met only for a few months before. They decided to hold off wedding plans until they were sure marriage was the right step for both of them. It was a mature mutual decision. Years later, the two broke up. He is the older brother of
actor
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Baron Geisler
Baron Frederick von Geisler (; born June 5, 1982) is a Filipino actor, businessman, occasional model, resource speaker, amateur artist, and aspiring poet of German-American descent.
As a child actor and later as a teen idol, Geisler's career ha ...
. The two of them joined a reality show
Pinoy Big Brother
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in its celebrity edition.
Donnie met
Jen Da Silva inside the Big Brother house and they eventually got married. They now have a daughter named Frankie.
Career highlights
*Gold Medal at the
23rd Southeast Asian Games. (2005)
*Gold Medal at the
22nd Southeast Asian Games. (2003)
*Bronze Medal at the
15th Asian Taekwondo Championships. (2002)
*Silver Medal at the
21st Southeast Asian Games. (2001)
*Silver Medal at the
14th Asian Taekwondo Championships. (2000)
*Gold Medal at the
20th Southeast Asian Games. (1999)
*Silver Medal at the
Bangkok Asian Games. (1998)
*Silver Medal at the World Cup Taekwondo. (1998)
*Bronze Medal at the 1st
World Taekwondo Junior Championships. (1996)
References
External links
*
official and approved fans club
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Pinoy Big Brother contestants
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1981 births
Living people
Filipino people of German descent
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Asian Games medalists in taekwondo
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Taekwondo practitioners at the 1998 Asian Games
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2002 Asian Games
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games
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Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines
Southeast Asian Games medalists in taekwondo
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Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists
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