Éric Grauffel is a French sport shooter and firearms instructor with ten overall IPSC Handgun World Champion titles and one Junior World Champion title.Le Télégramme Eric Grauffel 23 November 2008ISPC results He is known for having an unprecedented winning streak, and has won 191 IPSC President Medals. He is the son of the French national team trainer Gérard Grauffel.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)." Additionally he has won the IPSC European Handgun Championships seven times.
Biography Born and raised in Quimper, France (on the West coast), Eric still resides there when he is not traveling the world competing.Le Télégramme L'élite au rendez-vous du championnat interrégional 16 September 2009 "Le champion de monde, Éric Grauffel, remporte le championnat en «open»." 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 regimen 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.
Endorsements Grauffel is a member of CZ Shooting Team, and has previously been sponsored by Tanfoglio.
See also Ben Stoeger, American sport shooter Max Michel, American sport shooter Jorge Ballesteros, Spanish sport shooter
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