38 Facts About Daniel Grassl

Daniel Grassl was born on 4 April 2002 and is an Italian figure skater.

Daniel Grassl is the 2024 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 European silver medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy champion, the 2019 World Junior bronze medalist, and a five-time Italian national champion.

Daniel Grassl has won 11 senior international medals, including gold at four ISU Challenger Series events.

In February 2017, Daniel Grassl won silver at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Erzurum, Turkey.

Daniel Grassl next competed at his first European Championships, where he placed ninth in the short program and fifth in the free skate, for sixth place overall.

Daniel Grassl placed third in the short program, winning a bronze small medal, despite a minor error on his triple Axel.

Daniel Grassl began his season on the Junior Grand Prix in Poland, where he won the bronze medal.

At the JGP Final in Torino, Daniel Grassl was the lone Italian skater to qualify at either the senior or junior level.

Daniel Grassl then replaced his skates with only a day's preparation and struggled in the free skate, finishing last among the competitors.

Daniel Grassl placed sixth in the short program at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

Daniel Grassl attempted the quad flip in competition for the first time in the free skate, underrotating both it and his quad Lutz, as well as a triple Axel.

Daniel Grassl placed third in the segment, winning a small bronze medal, and was fourth overall, 1.74 points behind bronze medalist Petr Gumennik.

Daniel Grassl was scheduled to make his senior World Championship debut in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Daniel Grassl won the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy and was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was cancelled as a result of the pandemic.

Daniel Grassl was assigned to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, where he placed twelfth.

Rizzo later withdrew due to a positive COVID test, as a result of which Daniel Grassl was the lone Italian man in the competition.

Daniel Grassl was tenth in the short program and seventh in the free skate, while Team Italy finished in fourth place.

Daniel Grassl began the Olympic season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy on home soil.

Daniel Grassl then made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Skate America, where he placed seventh.

Daniel Grassl was second in the short program with a new personal best, dropping to third in the free skate to take the bronze medal overall.

Daniel Grassl then won a fourth consecutive Italian national title and was named to the Italian Olympic team.

Daniel Grassl placed second in the free skate, despite both of his triple Lutzes being called for incorrect edges, setting new personal bests in that segment and in total score and taking the silver medal.

Daniel Grassl began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Italian entry in the men's short program of the Olympic team event.

Daniel Grassl placed fifth in the segment, securing six points for the Italian team.

Daniel Grassl next performed his short program in the men's event, coming twelfth.

Daniel Grassl concluded his season at the 2022 World Championships in a men's field considerably more open than usual due to the absences of Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu and the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.

Daniel Grassl finished fifth in the short program with a new personal best but dropped to seventh after the free skate.

Daniel Grassl was invited to be part of Team Europe at the Japan Open at the beginning of the season.

Daniel Grassl fared better at his second event, winning gold at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, which result in turn qualified him for the Grand Prix Final, becoming the first ever Italian male figure skater to do so.

Shortly before the Grand Prix Final, Daniel Grassl announced that he had moved back to Egna to train due to homesickness.

At the Final, Daniel Grassl finished in sixth place after placing fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate.

Daniel Grassl fell on his quad Lutz attempt in the free skate, and erred on two other jumps, but still rose to sixth overall.

Daniel Grassl indicated that he was undecided whether he would return for further training in Russia.

Daniel Grassl finished eighth in the short program at the 2023 World Championships.

Daniel Grassl then joined Team Italy for the 2023 World Team Trophy, where, despite underrotating the second part of his jump combination, he managed a season's best in the short program and finished sixth in the segment.

Daniel Grassl was sixth in the free skate as well, while Team Italy finished fourth.

Daniel Grassl announced plans to travel to the United States for a month to learn new choreography from Benoit Richaud in New York.

Daniel Grassl said that he had made unintentional mistakes in updating his location in the system for anti-doping testing.