Éric Grauffel

Eric Grauffel at the 2007 European Handgun Championship, Cheval-Blanc, France
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1979-12-08) December 8, 1979 Quimper, France
Occupation(s)	IPSC shooter, firearms instructor
Website	ericgrauffel.com
Sport
Team	Team CZ (2019-current)[1] Team Tanfoglio/Armscor (?-2018 (over 20 years))[2]
Medal record IPSC Representing  France IPSC Handgun World Shoot 1996 Brasilia Open Junior 1999 Cebu Open Junior 1999 Cebu Open 2002 Pietersburg Open 2005 Guayaquil Open 2008 Bali Open 2011 Rhodes Open 2014 Frostproof Production 2017 Châteauroux Standard 2022 Pataya Production IPSC European Handgun Championship 1995 Gotland Open Junior 1998 Crete Open 1998 Crete Open Junior 2001 Philippsburg Open 2004 Tábor Open 2007 Cheval Blanc Open 2010 Belgrade Open 2013 Barcelos Production 2016 Felsőtárkány Standard 2019 Belgrade Production 2023 Corinth Production IPSC French Handgun Championship 1995 Open Junior 1996 Open 1997 Open 1998 Open 2000 Open 2000 Standard 2001 Open 2002 Open 2003 Open 2004 Open 2005 Open 2006 Open 2007 Open 2008 Open 2009 Open 2010 Open 2011 Open 2012 {{{3}}} 2013 {{{3}}} 2014 {{{3}}} 2015 {{{3}}} 2016 {{{3}}} 2017 {{{3}}} 2018 {{{3}}} 2019 {{{3}}} 2021 {{{3}}} 2022 {{{3}}}

Éric Grauffel is a French sport pistol shooter in IPSC and firearms instructor with eight overall IPSC Handgun World Champion titles and one Junior World Champion title.^[3][4][5] Eric Grauffel is also the co-initiator of the EG-CZ Academy which is a training facility based in Quimper. He is known for having an unprecedented winning streak, and has won several hundreds IPSC President Medals.^[6] Additionally he has won the IPSC European Handgun Championships nine times. He is the son of the French national team trainer Gérard Grauffel.^[7]

Biography

Born and raised in Quimper, France (on the West coast), Eric still resides there when he is not traveling the world competing.^[8] 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.^[9]

Endorsements

Eric Grauffel is part of the famous CZ Shooting Team, Armscor, EG-CZ Academy, 5.11, Dillon Precision

• Ben Stoeger, American sport shooter
• Max Michel, American sport shooter
• Jorge Ballesteros, Spanish sport shooter

References

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