Eric Grauffel

Éric Grauffel
Personal information
Nationality France French
Born (1979-12-08) December 8, 1979
Quimper, France
Occupation IPSC shooter, firearms instructor
Sport
Team Team Tanfoglio
Medal record
IPSC
Representing  France
IPSC Handgun World Shoot
1996 Open Junior
1999 Open
2002 Open
2005 Open
2008 Open
2011 Open
2014 Production
IPSC European Handgun Championship
1995 Open Junior
1998 Open
1998 Open Junior
2001 Open
2004 Open
2007 Open
2010 Open
2013 Production
2016 Standard
IPSC French Handgun Championship
1995 Open Junior
1996 Open
1997 Open
1998 Open
2000 Open
2000 Standard
2001 Open
2007 Open

Éric Grauffel is a French sport shooter and firearms instructor with six IPSC World Champion titles.[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, 2013 and 2016.

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]

Merits

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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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