Florian Gruber (kitesurfer)
Florian Gruber (born December 26, 1993 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a German kitesurfing world champion.
Life
Florian Gruber lives in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and attended the technical college in Weilheim . There he passed the technical diploma . Then he decided to concentrate entirely on kitesurfing for the near future. Since the 2014/15 winter semester, he has had a place at the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences and is taking the Business International Management (BIM) bachelor's degree for top athletes .
Gruber practices kitesurfing in the course racing discipline , in which, as in the regatta race in sailing, a designed barrel course is circled and the fastest is the winner. He is a member of the Altmühltal sailing club in Muhr am See in the Franconian Lake District and runs a surf school with his father and trainer Erwin Gruber in Absberg on the Kleiner Brombachsee .
Gruber also competes in the freestyle and slalom disciplines , takes part in kitefoil races and is active in snow kite events in winter. As a recreational sport, he goes skiing and is active on the EV Mittenwald ice hockey team.
successes
- 2008
- 1st place German youth championship
- 2009
- 1st place German youth championship
- Kitesurfer of the year 2009
- 2010
- 3rd place German Snowkite Championship
- Kitesurfer of the year 2010
- 2011
- 1st place German Junior Championship Race
- Kitesurfer of the year 2011
- 2012
- 1st place German Championship Race
- 3rd place European Championship
- 7th place world championship
- 2013
- 2nd place African Championships 2013 Soma Bay
- 1st place German Championship Race
- 2nd place MINI Kitesurf Tour Europe 2013
- 1st place World Championship Race
- 1st place Kite Oceanic Championships
- 2014
- 2nd place in the Ragnarok , a snowkite race in the Norwegian Hardangervidda based on the myth of Ragnarök
- 2nd place at the African Formula Kite Championships in Soma Bay 2014
- 1st place German Championship Race
- 5th place World Championship Race in Burc Beach , Istanbul
- 3rd place at the 2014 Formula Kite Asian Championships in Qatar
- 2015
- 1st place at the European championships in snow kiting in the disciplines free-style and race as well as German champion in both disciplines on Lake Reschen
- 1st place at the British Kitesurfing Championships in Exmouth in the Race discipline
- 1st place at the open Croatian national championship in Split
- 2nd place at the European Championship in the race discipline in Bozcaada ( Turkey )
- 3rd place at the European Championship in the Race-Foil discipline in Bozcaada (Turkey)
- 1st place slalom men at the Kitesurf World Cup 2015 in St. Peter-Ording
- Slalom World Cup winner
- 2016
- 1st place at the European championships in snow kiting in the disciplines of race and race long distance as well as German champion in both disciplines on Lake Reschen
- 10th place at the Swiss Snowkitetour 2015/2016
- 1st place at the Ragnarok , a snowkite race in the Norwegian Hardangervidda based on the myth of Ragnarök
- 1st place in the Varanger Arctic Kite Enduro (VAKE), a snowkite race on the Norwegian peninsula Varanger with Jonas Lengwiler from Switzerland
- 6th place at the IKA KiteFoil World Championship after the final race in Qatar
- 4th place in the 2016 Hydrofoil Pro Tour after the final race in Rockingham
- 2017
- 1st place at the European championships in snow kiting in the race disciplines and German champion in this discipline at Lake Reschen
- 1st place in the Varanger Arctic Kite Enduro (VAKE), a snowkite race on the Norwegian peninsula Varanger with Jonas Lengwiler from Switzerland, combined with the World Championship in the Long Distance Race Snowkiting
- 3rd place at the Twin-Tip Racing European Championships in Gizzeria
- New record holder in the Race around the Island in 1:43 hours for the 75 km long route around Fehmarn as well as 5th place in the Foil World Cup race that was held at the same time
- 2018
- 1st place at the German championships in the race with victories in the four individual events on Sylt, on Usedom, in front of Heiligenhafen and in front of St. Peter-Ording as well as 1st place in the slalom discipline
- 2019
- 1st place at the AMAROK IKA Snowkite Worldcup Resia 2019 on Lake Reschen in the disciplines Long Distance and Course Racing
- 1st place at the Multivan Summer Opening Sylt, the first run of the 2019 German championship, in the racing and slalom disciplines
- 1st place at the Multivan Kitesurf Masters on Usedom, the second run of the German Championship 2019, in the disciplines of racing and slalom
- 1st place at the Multivan Kitesurf Masters in Heiligenhafen, the third run of the German Championship 2019, in the racing discipline
Individual evidence
- ↑ RODI-DB - The German Hockey database. Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Florian Gruber is Kitesurfer of the Year 2009. In: klamm.de. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Florian Gruber again kitesurfer of the year 2010. In: funsporting.at. Archived from the original on December 9, 2013 ; Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
- ↑ All good things come in threes : Florian Gruber is Kitesurfer of the Year 2011! Archived from the original on November 23, 2012 ; Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Kitesurfers choose their masters. In: fehmarn24.de. Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Florian Gruber becomes kite surfing world champion. In: nordbayern.de. Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Kite Oceanic Championships. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013 ; accessed on June 8, 2015 .
- ↑ 2014 African Formula Kite Championships, final result, accessed = 2014-07-01, sprache = en. (PDF) Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; accessed on June 8, 2015 .
- ↑ 2014 Formula Kite World Championships. (PDF) Final result. In: internationalkiteboarding.org. Retrieved August 25, 2014 .
- ↑ 2014 Formula Kite Asian Championships. (PDF) Final result. In: internationalkiteboarding.org. Retrieved November 16, 2014 .
- ↑ European Snowkite Champions are crowned. In: snowkite-open.com. Retrieved March 13, 2015 .
- ↑ 2015 Formula Kite European Championships. (PDF) Final result. In: internationalkiteboarding.org. Retrieved June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Florian Gruber wins Pringles Kitesurf World Cup. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ 2015 World Tour Champions. Virgin Kitesurf World Championships (VKWC), archived from the original on December 24, 2015 ; accessed on April 6, 2017 .
- ^ International Snowkite Open, Resia. In: snowkite-open.com. Retrieved February 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Swiss Snowkitetour 2015/2016. Category: Men Ski. In: snowkitetour.ch. Retrieved February 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 350 riders stormed the 2016 Red Bull Ragnarok. Category: Men Ski. In: surfertoday.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Winners in Vardø! We'll get back to that - this is a summary. In: vake.no. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 (English).
- ↑ IKA KiteFoil World Championship. (PDF) Results. In: kitefoilgoldcup.com. Accessed December 15, 2016 .
- ↑ 2016 Hydrofoil Pro Tour. Rankins. In: hydrofoilprotour.info. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 (English).
- ^ International Snowkite Open, Resia. In: snowkite-open.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ World Champions VAKE 2017 - Windytv Alpboys! In: vake.no. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Result of the Twin-Tip Racing European Championships. In: scoring.windtulip.com. Retrieved July 20, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Florian Gruber gets the Race around the Island record. In: http://kitesurfworldcup.de . Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Multivan Kitesurf Masters 2018. (PDF) Ranking list Racing. In: docs.wixstatic.com. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Multivan Kitesurf Masters 2018. (PDF) Ranking list Slalom men. In: docs.wixstatic.com. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Amarok IKA Snowkite Worldcup. In: snowkite-open.com. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Kitesurf Masters Sylt 2019. (PDF) Racing. In: docs.wixstatic.com. Retrieved June 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Kitesurf Masters Sylt 2019. (PDF) Slalom men. In: docs.wixstatic.com. Retrieved June 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Kitesurf Masters Usedom 2019. (PDF) Racing. In: docs.wixstatic.com. June 23, 2019, accessed June 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Kitesurf Masters Usedom 2019. (PDF) Slalom men. In: docs.wixstatic.com. June 23, 2019, accessed June 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Kitesurf Masters Heiligenhafen 2019. (PDF) Racing. In: docs.wixstatic.com. June 23, 2019, accessed August 5, 2019 .
Web links
- Homepage of Florian Gruber. Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
- Florian Gruber in the ozone team . Retrieved November 27, 2013 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gruber, Florian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German kitesurfing world champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |