Eric Grauffel

Éric Grauffel
Born Éric Grauffel
(1979-12-08) December 8, 1979
Quimper, France
Nationality France French
Occupation IPSC shooter, Firearm Instructor
Known for IPSC world champion
Eric Grauffel
Medal record
Representing  France
Shooting
IPSC Handgun World Shoot
Winner 1999 Cebu, Philippines Open Division
Winner 2002 Pietersburg, South Africa Open Division
Winner 2005 Guayaquil, Ecuador Open Division
Winner 2008 Bali, Indonesia Open Division
Winner 2011 Rhodes, Greece Open Division
Winner 2014 Florida, USA Production Division

Éric Grauffel is a French target pistol shooter and firearms instructor who six time International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) World Champion.[1][2][3] He is known for having an unprecedented winning streak, and has won 191 IPSC President Medals.[4] He is the son of the French national team trainer Gérard Grauffel.[5] Additionally he has won the IPSC European Handgun Championships in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013.

Biography

Born and raised in Quimper, France (on the West coast), Eric still resides there when he is not traveling the world competing.[6] He began shooting with an air gun at the age of eight. At age 10 he shot his first pistol and within a year Eric was competing. He won his first French National Championship at age 15 and his first world title at 18. Eric dedicates as many as three hours a day, five days a week in preparation for his sport. Each day he goes through a regiment of shooting and physical training. "This sport is basically technique, to be as skilled as possible you need to be like a thinking-robot."

In practical shooting, competitors are required to take shots from all different positions, locations and angles. Shots often come on the move or at moving targets. Because all shooters are highly skilled, any edge one of the top competitors can get through physical training is very important. In addition to several practice sessions, Eric also spends several hours reloading each day. Grauffel says reloading his own ammo is much more cost-efficient and many competitors do this because it allows them to personally control everything about their ammunition.[7]

Endorsements

Grauffel has been sponsored by, and is a frequent spokesman and celebrity shooter for, Tanfoglio (a pistol maker),[8] C-More (an optical firearms sight maker), Armscor, NobelSport, CCI (ammunition), Frontier, Dillon Precision, GSI International, Inc., Sprinco USA, Wolff Gunsprings, RHT (Rescomp Handgun Technologies), CR Speed, D-Short, Bollé, EHP (Electronic Hearing Protection) and some other shooting related such as, Cyber Gun (Worldwide Leader in Airsoft Guns) and Cibles (French Shooting Magazine).[9]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Le Télégramme Eric Grauffel 23 November 2008
  2. ↑ "Eric Grauffel". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. ↑ ISPC results
  4. ↑ ericgrauffel.com
  5. ↑ MaVille.com Tir - Stage quimpérois pour les meilleurs Français "...c'est à une préparation très sérieuse que Gérard Grauffel, l'entraîneur national, avait convié en son stand de Plonéis, à la demande de la fédération, les meilleurs représentants hexagonaux de la discipline. Parmi eux, bien sûr, son fils. Éric Grauffel, régional de l'étape de 27 ans, n'est rien de moins que le champion du monde et d'europe en titre (respectivement pour la 3e et 4e fois consécutive)."
  6. ↑ Le Télégramme L'élite au rendez-vous du championnat interrégional 16 September 2009 "Le champion de monde, Éric Grauffel, remporte le championnat en «open»."
  7. ↑ http://www.ericgrauffel.com/eric/results.html
  8. ↑ Frank James Effective Handgun Defense: A Comprehensive Guide to Concealed Carry 2004 Page 144 "Tanfoglio built a good business marketing the pistol to the West and the design is so solid that two shooters, American Doug Koenig and Frenchman Eric Grauffel, have won the hard fought IPSC World Championship using pistols based on this design."
  9. ↑ http://ericgrauffel.com/eric/sponsors.html
  10. ↑ http://www.ericgrauffel.com/eric/results.html
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