ski mountaineer
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...
.
Graßl was born in
Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps. South of the town, the Be ...
. He is member of the Berchtesgaden branch of the
German Alpine Club
The German Alpine Club (, DAV for short) is the world's largest climbing association and the eighth-largest sporting association in Germany. It is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the competent body for sport and competiti ...
(DAV) and the Bergwacht. He was member of the German ski-mountaineering team until the end of 2006. He is married to the ski mountaineer
Judith Graßl
Judith Graßl (born 6 April 1968) is a German ski mountaineer.
Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. She is married to the ski mountaineer Franz Graßl with two children. They live in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden.
Selected results
* 2003:
** 4th, 2 ...
* 2003:
** 2nd, German Championship single
* 2004:
** 1st, German Championship single
** 2nd, German Cup long distance
** 5th, Mountain Attack race
* 2005:
**3rd,
European Championship
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
Trofeo Mezzalama
The Mezzalama Trophy (, , a.k.a. ''white marathon''Martin Echtler)
* 2006:
** 1st, German Cup single
** 5th,
World Championship
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relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Stefan Klinger and Georg Nickaes)
* 2008:
** 1st, German Championship single
* 2009:
** 3rd, German Cup vertical race
Patrouille des Glaciers
* 2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record, together with Toni Steurer and Martin Echtler''2006 Patrouille des Glaciers'' , p. 16.
*2008: 8th (and 6th in the "international men" ranking), together with Toni Steurer and Stefan Klinger