Éric Grauffel is a French
sport shooter
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and firearms instructor with seven overall
IPSC Handgun World Champion titles and one Junior World Champion title. 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. 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. 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 has been sponsored by, and is a frequent spokesman and celebrity shooter for,
Tanfoglio (a pistol maker), 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).
Merits
;1995:
* Vice Junior
French Handgun Champion
* Junior
European Champion
;1996:
*Best French over the season
*Overall winner of the
French Handgun Champion
*Overall winner of the British Open
*Overall winner of the Swiss Open
*Vice Junior
World Champion
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
, Junior Team World-Champion, 20th at the overall
*Personal record in
bowling pin shooting
Bowling pin shooting is a shooting sport (primarily for handguns) in which the competitors race against one another to knock standard bowling pins from a table in the shortest elapsed time. Pin shooting is often described as one of the most enjoyab ...
1.73 seconds
;1997:
*Overall winner of the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th French Qualification
*2nd overall at the Home Countries Championship, England
*Overall winner of the metal Trophy, La Tremblade
*Overall winner of the
French Handgun Championship
*Best French over the season.
*2nd at the Speed Plate Championship, St Louis (USA)
*3rd at the
US Handgun Championship, 1st Junior, Barry (USA).
*Overall winner of the 1st French West Cup, Tours.
*Overall winner of the 2nd French West Cup, La Trembalde.
*Overall Winner of the American Handgunner Postal Match.
*Overall winner of the
Latin American Championship 1997 (Level IV), Caracas.
*Overall winner of the
Steel Challenge
The Steel Challenge is a speed shooting competition governed by thSteel Challenge Shooting Association(SCSA) that consists of eight standardized stages with steel targets in three sizes; small circular, large circular and rectangular targets. Co ...
in Cholet.
*Overall winner of the Pin Shooting in Cholet, and new personal record: 1.61 seconds.
*Overall winner of the IV Phase Copa Presidente, Spain.
;1998:
*Overall winner of the 1st French Qualification, Cholet.
*Overall winner of the 2nd French Qualification Nice.
*Overall winner of the Metal Trophy in Coudray.
*Overall winner of the Greek International, Greece.
*2nd place at the 3rd French Qualification, Exincourt.
*Overall Winner of the
Swiss Handgun Championship, Biel.
*Overall winner of the 4th French Qualification, Alençon.
*Overall winner of the
Belgian Handgun Championship, Fort Lier.
*Overall winner of the 5th French Qualification, Lyon.
*2nd Place Aera III, USA.
*4th Place overall & 1st Junior at
North American Handgun Championship (Level IV), Barry, USA.
*Overall winner of the 6th French Qualification, Metz.
*Best French shooter over the season.
*Overall winner of the Westfriesland Challenge, the Netherlands.
*Overall winner of the
French Handgun Championship, La Tremblade.
*Overall winner of the
European Handgun Championship. Junior & Team Junior European champion
*Overall winner of the Fun-shoot in Eurotir, Paris.
*9th overall at the
US Handgun Championship, and winner of the Shoot-off, Las Vegas.
*Overall winner of the 1st GTIAO, La Trembalde.
*Overall winner of the Schlewig Holstein Match, Germany.
*Overall winner of the 2nd GTIAO, Alençon.
*Overall winner Open and Standard of the
Steel Challenge
The Steel Challenge is a speed shooting competition governed by thSteel Challenge Shooting Association(SCSA) that consists of eight standardized stages with steel targets in three sizes; small circular, large circular and rectangular targets. Co ...
, Cholet.
;1999:
*Overall winner of the 3rd GTIAO, Tours
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix du Fort de la Drette, Nice.
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix de la Tremblade.
*Overall winner of the Trophy Cholet.
*Overall Open winner of the
Dutch Handgun Championship, the Netherlands.
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix de Metz.
*Overall winner of the Solothurn Match,
Switzerland.
*Overall Open winner of the
Belgian Handgun Championship, Fort Lier.
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix d'Exincourt.
*Overall winner of the Metal Trophy, La Tremblade.
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix du Bassin d'Arcachon.
*Best French Shooter over the season.
*Overall winner of the Czech Euro Open
*Overall Open winner of the
German Handgun Championship.
*3rd overall Open division at the
US Handgun Championship.
*Overall winner of the
Philippines Handgun Open Championship, Manille.
*Overall winner of the Marikina Open, Manille.
*
1999 IPSC Handgun World Champion, Open division, Cebu, Philippines.
;2000:
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix d'Arcachon.
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix du Fort de la Drette, Nice.
*Overall winner of the 20ème CCCB Match, Switzerland.
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix de Cholet.
*Overall Open winner of the
Swiss Handgun Championship, Solothurn.
*Overall winner of the CEL
Hungarian Handgun Championship, Budapest.
*Overall Standard winner of the
French Handgun Championship, La Tremblade.
*Overall Open winner of the
French Handgun Championship, La Tremblade.
*Overall winner of the Grand Prix d'Arras.
*Overall Open winner of the
German Handgun Championship, Berlin.
*Overall winner of the Czech Euro Open, Czesky Krumlov.
*Overall winner of the
Dutch Handgun Championship, Tiel.
*Overall winner of the C.E.L. Championship.
*Overall winner of the
African Handgun Championship level IV, Pretoria.
*Overall Open winner of the
Belgian Handgun Championship, Fort-Lier.
*Overall winner of the American Handgunner Postal Match.
*Overall winner of the 3rd French West Cup.
;2001:
*Overall winner of the American Handgunner postal Match in Open & Standard Class
*Overall winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Open division, Arcachon
*Overall winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Standard division, Metz.
*Overall winner of the
European Handgun Championship, European Open Team Champion, and Winner of the Open division Shoot-Off
*Overall winner of the Czech Euro Open, Czesky Krumlov
*Overall winner of the
Spanish Handgun Championship, Madrid
*Overall winner of the
Czech Handgun Championship, Tabor.
*Overall winner of the Swiss Open 2001, Sissach.
*Overall winner of the 5th French Grand Prix, Arras
*Overall winner of the Hungarian C.E.L. match, Budapest
*Overall winner of the 4th French Grand Prix, Coudray
*Overall winner of the Mediterranean Cup, and winner of the Shoot-Off, Cheval Blanc
*Overall winner of the 3rd French Grand Prix, Tremblade
*Overall winner of the 2nd French Grand Prix, Grenoble
*Overall winner of the 1st French Grand Prix, Nice
*Overall winner of the Florida Open in Frostproof.
*Overall winner of the GTIAO in Tours.
;2002:
* Overall Winner of the Ecuadorian Nationals, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
*
2002 IPSC Handgun World Champion, Open division, South Africa.
* Overall Winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Open division, Cavaillon.
* Overall Winner of the
Norwegian Handgun Championship, Oslo.
* Overall Winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Standard division, La Tremblade.
* Overall Winner of the 3rd Round South African Nationals, Pietersburg.
* Overall Winner of the Hungarian Open, Debrecen.
* Overall Winner of the French Grand Prix of Cholet, France.
* Overall Winner of the Mediterranean Cup, Cavaillon, France.
* Overall Winner of the Grand Prix de Vannes, France.
* Overall Winner of the CEL Slovak Match, Komarno, Slovakia
* Overall winner of the Grand Prix de Nice, France.
* Overall winner of the Grand Prix de Metz, France.
* Overall Winner of the Grand Prix de Provence, Cheval Blanc, France
* Overall winner of the Sicilian Championship, Gela, Italy
* Overall winner of the GTIAO Cholet, France
* Overall winner of the GTIAO La Tremblade, France
;2003:
* Winner of the
Pan-American Handgun Championship, Guayaquil, Ecuador
* Winner of the
USPSA Handgun Nationals
The USPSA Handgun Championships are yearly championships held by the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) run under USPSA-rules (contrary to the IPSC US Handgun Championship). Sometimes, all of the pistol nationals are held at the s ...
, Open division, and Shoot-off winner, Bend
* 4th Place at the
USPSA Handgun Nationals
The USPSA Handgun Championships are yearly championships held by the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) run under USPSA-rules (contrary to the IPSC US Handgun Championship). Sometimes, all of the pistol nationals are held at the s ...
, Limited division at 98,5%, Bend
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Standard division, Arcachon
* Winner overall of the Czech
Extreme Euro Open Match, Czesky Krumlov
* Winner overall Of the
German Handgun Championship, Open division, Philippsburg
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Open division, Vannes
* Standard Winner of the Tropical Cup, San Jose, Costa Rica.
* Standard Winner of the Grand Prix of Coudray-Montceaux, France
* Overall winner of the Med Cup 2003, Cheval Blanc, France
* Overall winner of the First French Qualif, Exincourt, France.
* Standard & Overall winner of Tremblade's Match, France.
* Overall winner of the Sicilia Open 2003, Gela, Italy.
* Overall winner of the Florida Open 2003.
* Overall winner of the GTIAO Cholet, France.
;2004:
* Winner of the
Australasia Handgun Championship, Bali, Indonesia.
* Winner of the Hellenic IPSC International Match, Athens, Greece.
* Winner of the
USPSA Handgun Nationals
The USPSA Handgun Championships are yearly championships held by the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) run under USPSA-rules (contrary to the IPSC US Handgun Championship). Sometimes, all of the pistol nationals are held at the s ...
, Open division, Barry, USA.
* Winner of the
European Handgun Championship, Open division, Tabor, Czech Republic.
* Winner of the
German Handgun Championship, Open division, Philippsburg, Germany.
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Open division, La Tremblade, France
* Winner of the Euregio Open, Sprimont, Belgium.
* Winner of the
Swiss Handgun Championship, Solothurn.
* Winner of the 2nd French Standard Qualification in Montbéliard, France
* Winner of the First French Standard Qualification in Arras, France
* Winner of the 2nd Annual Tropheo della Sicilia, Gela, Italy
* Winner of the Second French Qualification, Nice, France
* Winner of the Florida Open, Frostproof, USA
* Winner of the First French Qualification, Cholet, France
* Winner of the GTIAO, La Tremblade, France
* Winner of the Open Wintercup Sissach, Swiss
;2005:
* Winner overall of the first Montenegro Open, Podgorica, Montenegro.
*
2005 IPSC Handgun World Champion, Open division, and winner of the Open Shoot-Off, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
* Overall and title winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Metz, France.
* Match Winner of the Med Cup, Cheval Blanc, France.
* Match Winner of the Columbus Cup in Costa Rica, San Jose.
* Match Winner of the French Qualification in Ecot, France.
* Match Winner of the 1st French Standard National Selection, Vertus, France.
* Match Winner of the 2nd French Open National Selection, Vernon, France.
* Winner of the 1st French Open National Selection, Cholet, France.
;2006:
* Winner of the Asean League Championships, Cebu, Philippines.
* Winner of the Delta Open Cup, Belgrade, Serbia.
* Winner of the 2nd Montenegro Open, Podgorica, Montenegro.
* Winner of the Cracow Open, Poland.
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Arcachon, France.
* Winner of the Arminedas Oksalis 2006, Kaunas, Lithuania.
* Winner of the Med Cup, Cheval Blanc, France.
* Winner of the Second French Qualification, Nice.
* Winner of the First French Qualification, Montbéliard.
* Winner of the Florida Open, Frostproof, USA.
* Winner of the Columbus Cup in Panama.
;2007:
* Winner of the
European Handgun Championship in Cheval Blanc, France.
* Winner of the Shoot-off of the
European Handgun Championship.
* Winner of the
European Championship in Team, Open Category.
* Winner of the Open Delta Cup in Belgrade, Serbia.
* Winner of the Lithuanian Open in Kaunas, Lithuania.
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship Open division, La Tremblade.
* Winner of the 6th STI Euro Open in Philippsburg, Germany.
* Winner of the Master Tir Club France in Metz.
* Winner of the 2nd French national qualification in Cholet.
* Winner of the 1st French national qualification in Nice.
;2008:
*
2008 IPSC Handgun World Champion, Open division, Bali, Indonesia.
* Winner of the Camp Karingal Match, Quezon City, Philippines.
* Winner of the Armscor Monthly Cup, Marikina, Philippines.
* Winner of the Ontario Provincials, Canada.
* Winner of the Open Delta Cup, Belgrade, Serbia.
* Winner of the British Open, Kells, Northern Ireland.
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship Open division, Metz, France.
* Winner of the
Extreme Euro Open, Hodonice, Czech Republic
* Winner of the 7th STI Open, Philippsburg, Germany.
* Winner of the Second French Selection, Cholet, France.
* Winner of the Athens Cup, Malacasa, Greece.
* Winner of the first French selection, Nice, France
* 2nd Place at Florida Open, Frostproof, Florida, USA.
;2009:
* Winner of the GTI La Tremblade, France
* Winner of the GTI Quiberon, France
* Winner of the Angry Moose,
Norwegian Handgun Championship Open division, Loeten, Norway.
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship Open division, Nice, France.
* Winner of the
Extreme Euro Open, Hodonice, Czech Republic.
* Winner of the STI Euro Open, Philippsburg, Germany.
* Winner of the Master Tir Club France, Metz, France.
* Winner of the West French Area Qualification, La Tremblade, France.
* Winner of the Med Cup 2009, Open Division, Cavaillon, France.
* Winner of the Grand Prix d'Ecot, Open Division, Ecot, France.
* Winner of the Montbeliard Championship in Fort La Chaux, Production Division, Montbeliard, France.
* Winner of the South East French Qualification, Production Division, Lyon, France.
* Winner of the Cholet's Match, Open Division, Cholet, France.
* Winner of the Grand Prix de la Drette, StandardDivision, Nice, France.
;2010:
* Winner of the Gti Match Production Division, Flers, France
* Winner of the National Italian Steel Challenge Open Division, Agna, Italy
* Winner of the National Italian Steel Challenge Production Division, Agna, Italy
*
European Champion Open Division, Belgrade, Serbia
*
European Champion Team Open Division, Belgrad, Serbia
* Winner of the STAR Match, Aubigné-Racan
* Winner of the International Match, Production Division, Suomussalmi, Finland.
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship, Production Division, La Tremblade, France.
* Winner of the
Extreme Euro Open, Hodonice, Czech Republic
* Winner of the Infinity Open. Philippsburg, Germany
* Winner of the Master's. Coudray-Monceaux, France
* Winner of the Med Cup. Cheval-Blanc, France
* Winner of theIR North, Open Division. Coudray-Monceaux, France
* Winner of theIR West, Standard Division. Cholet, France
* Winner of the R South East, Production Division, Nice, France
;2011:
*
2011 IPSC Handgun World Champion, Open division, Rhodes - Greece
* Silver Medal Open Men's Team World Shoot XVI, Rhodes - Greece
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship Open division, Metz - France
* Winner of the Infinity Open, Philippsburg - Germany
* Winner of the Masters France, Ecot - France
* Winner of the Med Cup, Cavaillon - France
* Winner of the IR Nord Standard Qualification, Arras - France
* Winner of the IR West Production Qualification, Cholet-Aubigne - France
* Winner of the IR South Open Qualification, Nice - France
;2012:
* Winner of the Copa Invernale Le Tre Piume, Agna, Italy
* Winner of the Moscow Open, Moscow, Russia
* Winner of the Night Shoot Off in Object Shooting Range, Moscow, Russia
* Winner of the
World Steel Challenge Shoot-off, Frostproof, USA
* Winner of the
World Steel Challenge Production, Frostproof, USA
* 3rd Place Open at
World Steel Challenge, Frostproof, USA
* Winner of the
USPSA Open Nationals, Las Vegas, USA
* Winner of the
USPSA Production Nationals, Las Vegas, USA
* Winner of the Limit Euro Challenge in Production Division, Hodonice, Czech Republic
* Winner of the USA IPSC Nationals in Production Division, Frostproof, Florida
* Winner of the Russian Nationals in Production Nationals, Moscow, Russia
* Winner of the Delta Cup in Production Division, Belgrade, Serbia
* Winner of the 12th Bolo Cup in Open Division, Marikina, Philippines
* Winner of the Geco Euro Open in Production Division, Debreccen, Hungary
* Winner of the
French Handgun Championship in Production Division, Paris, France
* Winner of the
Extreme Euro Open in Production Division, Znojmo, Czech Republic
* Winner of the Infinity Euro Open in Production Division, Phillipsburg, Germany
* Winner of the Master France in Production Division, Aubigné Racan, France
* Winner of the Open Qualifier, IR West, Flers, France
* Winner of the Production Qualifier, IR North, Roissy, France
* Winner of the Standard Qualifier IR South, Isle Sur Sorgue, France
;2013:
* Winner of the
European Championship in Production Division, Portugal
* Winner of the
USPSA Production Nationals, Tulsa, USA
;2014:
*
2014 IPSC Handgun World Champion in Production Division, Frostproof, Florida, USA
;2015:
* Winner of the IPSC Africa Handgun Championship in Production Division, Cape Town, South Africa
;2016:
* Winner of the
European Championship in Standard Division, Felsőtárkány - Hungary
See also
*
Ben Stoeger
Benjamin Thomas Stoeger is an American competition shooter and firearms instructor who started competing actively in 2005. He placed first in the 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, second behind Bob Vogel in the 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and p ...
, American sport shooter
*
Max Michel
Maxient John Jr. Michel (born 15 December 1981) is an action shooting competitor from the US. He became IPSC Handgun World Champion in the Open division in 2014. He is also the only seven-time winner of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting C ...
, American sport shooter
*
Jorge Ballesteros, Spanish sport shooter
References
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1979 births
Living people
French male sport shooters
IPSC World Shoot Champions
IPSC shooters