Florian Grassl

Florian Grassl ( born April 22, 1980 in Freilassing ) is a former German Skeleton driver.

Florian Grassl 's Sports soldier and starts for the WSV Koenigssee. Skeleton Sport he operates since 2002. Internationally, he launched the first in a European Cup race in Winterberg, which he won. In the subsequent German Championships for 2003 ( held in December 2002), he was behind Willi Schneider runner-up. In January 2003, he was first used in the World Cup in Igls and immediately came to a ninth place. There was a seventh place in St. Moritz and the qualification to the European Championships, which were also held in St. Moritz, where he finished third behind Walter Stern and Gregory Stähli. At the World Championships this year, he was twelfth. In the summer he was still vice world champion at the start-up world championships behind Alexander Arktschipenko in Groningen.

Next career highlight was after winning the championship of the Bavarian won the German championship in 2004. At the World Championships in Koenigssee Grassl achieved its best result to date and was runner-up behind the Canadian Duff Gibson. The European Championships of the year in Altenberg ended Schönau fifth. The following season, he was sixth at the European Championships in Altenberg. In Igls he achieved his best World Cup result to date with a fourth place. At the German Championships in Altenberg January 2005 Grassl was third. The world championships end of the season in Calgary he muffed than 18 In the summer he took again at the start of the World Championships in Guadalajara in part and finished third. After again after 2009 failed to qualify for the World Cup squad in 2010, Grassl announced his retirement from competitive sports.