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Daniel Grassl

Daniel Grassl at the2019 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Born	(2002-04-04)4 April 2002 (age 23) Merano, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Edoardo De Bernardis Luca Mantovani
Skating club	G.S. Fiamme Oro Moena
Began skating	2009
HighestWS	5th
Medal record
European Championships 2022 Tallinn Singles Italian Championships 2019 Trento Singles 2020 Bergamo Singles 2021 Egna Singles 2022 Turin Singles 2025 Varese Singles World Team Trophy 2025 Tokyo Team World Junior Championships 2019 Zagreb Singles

Daniel Grassl (born 4 April 2002) is an Italianfigure skater. He is the2024 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the2022 European silver medalist, the2022 MK John Wilson Trophy champion, the2019 World Junior bronze medalist, and a five-timeItalian national champion (2019–22, 2025). He has won 11 senior international medals, including gold at fourISU Challenger Series events (the2018 Alpen Trophy, the2019 Asian Open Trophy, the2019 Ice Star, and the2021 Lombardia Trophy).

Grassl began learning to skate in 2009.^[1] His first coach was Ludmila Mladenova inMerano.^[2] He competed internationally in the advanced novice ranks from the 2012–2013 season through 2014–2015.

Making his junior international debut, Grassl won the bronze medal at theLombardia Trophy in September 2015.^[3] He won his first Italian national junior title in December of the same year.

During the season, Grassl trained inEgna, Italy, coached by Lorenzo Magri.^[4] In August 2016, he competed at his firstISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment inSaint-Gervais-les-Bains. After finishing 7th in France, he had the same result at his next JGP event, inYokohama, Japan. In December, he repeated as Italy's national junior champion.

In February 2017, Grassl won silver at theEuropean Youth Olympic Festival inErzurum, Turkey.

Coached by Magri,^[5] Grassl began his season on the JGP series, placing 6th inBrisbane, Australia, and then 7th inEgna, Italy. His senior international debut came in late October 2017 at theGolden Bear of Zagreb in Croatia; ranked first in both segments, Grassl outscored British championGraham Newberry by 13.33 points for the gold medal. During his time in Croatia, he was the youngest skater ever to land a quad Lutz. In November, he stepped onto two more senior international podiums, taking gold at theIce Challenge in Austria (27.33 points ahead of silver medalistJavier Raya from Spain) and then bronze at theMerano Cup in Italy.

In August, Grassl won bronze at theISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia. In October, he received the senior gold medal at theGolden Bear of Zagreb after becoming the first European to land a quad loop in international competition. In December, he outscoredMatteo Rizzo by 4.48 points to become the Italian national senior champion.

Grassl next competed at his firstEuropean Championships, where he placed ninth in the short program and fifth in the free skate, for sixth place overall. As Rizzo won the bronze medal at Europeans, he was assigned to Italy's lone men's place at the2019 World Championships, whilst Grassl was sent to the2019 World Junior Championships.^[6] He placed third in the short program, winning a bronze small medal, despite a minor error on his triple Axel.^[7]

Grassl began his season on theJunior Grand Prix inPoland, where he won the bronze medal.^[8] His second event was theItalian JGP event, held in his home rink, where he won the gold medal, qualifying to theJunior Grand Prix Final.^[9] Moving to the senior levelChallenger series, Grassl won both theAsian Open and theIce Star.

At theJGP Final inTorino, Grassl was the lone Italian skater to qualify at either the senior or junior level. Two days before the competition began, his right skate broke, which he attempted to remedy with tape. This proved inadequate in skating the short program, where he placed fifth after missing the second part of his jump combination.^[10] Grassl then replaced his skates with only a day's preparation and struggled in the free skate, finishing last among the competitors.^[11] Shortly afterward, he won his second consecutive Italian national title.

Returning to theEuropean Championships, Grassl placed eleventh in the short program with multiple errors.^[12] Staging a comeback in the free skate, he was second in that segment with a new personal best score and rose to fourth place overall, under two points short of the silver medal.^[13]

Grassl placed sixth in the short program at the2020 World Junior Championships inTallinn,Estonia.^[14] Grassl attempted the quadflip in competition for the first time in the free skate, underrotating both it and his quad Lutz, as well as a triple Axel. He placed third in the segment, winning a small bronze medal, and was fourth overall, 1.74 points behind bronze medalistPetr Gumennik.^[15] Grassl was scheduled to make his seniorWorld Championship debutin Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[16]

Grassl won the2020 CS Budapest Trophy and was assigned to make hisGrand Prix debut at the2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was also cancelled as a result of the pandemic.^[17]

Grassl won his third consecutive Italian national title in December, after which he tested positive forCOVID-19, as a result of which he was off the ice for a month and a half due to quarantine and subsequent concerns about the condition of his heart.^[18] Grassl was assigned to compete at the2021 World Championships inStockholm, Sweden, where he placed twelfth.^[19] Grassl andMatteo Rizzo's placements qualified two berths for Italian men at the2022 Winter Olympics inBeijing, China.^[20] They were both subsequently named to the Italian team for the2021 World Team Trophy.^[21] Rizzo later withdrew due to a positive COVID test, as a result of which Grassl was the lone Italian man in the competition. He was tenth in the short program and seventh in the free skate, while Team Italy finished in fourth place.^[22][23][24]

Grassl began the Olympic season at the2021 CS Lombardia Trophy on home soil. Fifth, after the short program, he won the free skate and took the gold medal.^[25] He then made his seniorGrand Prix debut at the2021 Skate America, where he placed seventh.^[26] His second Grand Prix assignment was initially the2021 Cup of China, but following that event's cancellation, he was reassigned to a special home2021 Gran Premio d'Italia inTurin.^[27] 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. This was his first Grand Prix medal at the senior level, and he was the lone Italian medalist at the event.^[28] Afterward, he expressed a desire to "thank those people in the crowd who supported me."^[29]

Following his Grand Prix success, Grassl won anotherChallenger medal, silver at the2021 CS Warsaw Cup. He then won a fourth consecutive Italian national title and was named to theItalian Olympic team.^[30]

Assigned to compete at the2022 European Championships inTallinn, Estonia, Grassl placed fifth in the short program, seven points behind a trio of Russian skaters in the top three places. He 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.^[31]

Grassl began the2022 Winter Olympics as the Italian entry in the men's short program of theOlympic team event. He placed fifth in the segment, securing six points for the Italian team.^[32] Subsequently, Team Italy did not advance to the second phase of the competition and finished seventh.^[33] Grassl next performed his short program in themen's event, coming twelfth.^[34] In the free skate, Grassl made only minor errors in a three-quad program, managing a new personal best that saw him fourth in that segment, rising to seventh overall. He deemed it "probably the best of the season."^[35]

Grassl concluded his season at the2022 World Championships in a men's field considerably more open than usual due to the absences ofNathan Chen andYuzuru Hanyu and theInternational Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country'sinvasion of Ukraine.^[36] He finished fifth in the short program with a new personal best but dropped to seventh after the free skate.^[37][38]

In August, before the start of the2022–23 figure skating season, Grassl announced that he would be leavingEgna, Italy, where he had trained most of his life and relocating toNorwood, Massachusetts to train at The Skating Club of Boston under Alexei Letov and Olga Ganicheva.^[39]

Grassl was invited to be part of Team Europe at theJapan Open at the beginning of the season.^[40] On theGrand Prix, he placed fourth at the2022 Skate America.^[30] He fared better at his second event, winning gold at the2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, which result in turn qualified him for theGrand Prix Final, becoming the first ever Italian male figure skater to do so.^[41] A week later, he competed at the2022 CS Warsaw Cup and won the silver medal, finishing less than half a point behind event championKévin Aymoz.^[30]

Shortly before the Grand Prix Final, Grassl announced that he had moved back to Egna to train due to homesickness.^[42] At the Final, Grassl finished in sixth place after placing fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate.^[43] At the Italian championships shortly afterward, he finished in fourth place, missing the podium for the first time in five years.^[30] In the aftermath of these disappointments, Grassl began training inMoscow with Russian coachEteri Tutberidze.^[44] He would later say that he was finding it difficult to motivate himself to train after the Olympics, feeling that his time in Moscow had assisted him, but that he felt under pressure as "many people are against me and my decision" to train with Tutberidze.^[45]

Competing at the2023 European Championships despite his fourth-place finish at the national championships, Grassl finished eighth in the short program after doubling a planned quad Lutz.^[45] He fell on his quad Lutz attempt in the free skate, and erred on two other jumps, but still rose to sixth overall. He indicated that he was undecided whether he would return for further training in Russia.^[46]

Grassl finished eighth in the short program at the2023 World Championships.^[47] He dropped to fourteenth after the free skate.^[30] Grassl then joined Team Italy for the2023 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.^[48] He was sixth in the free skate as well, while Team Italy finished fourth. He announced plans to travel to the United States for a month to learn new choreography fromBenoît Richaud in New York.^[49]

Grassl withdrew from his planned events and did not compete during the 2023–2024 season. In September, he returned to Italy and began training withEdoardo De Bernardis.^[50] In December, it was reported that the Italian Anti-Doping Prosecutor's Office had requested a two-year suspension for Grassl, as he had missed three anti-doping control tests.^[51] Grassl said that he had made unintentional mistakes in updating his location in the system for anti-doping testing.^[50]

Grassl medaled at both his Grand Prix events:2024 NHK Trophy^[52] and2024 Finlandia Trophy,^[53] taking a silver and bronze, respectively. He qualified for the2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final where he finished fourth.^[54] Grassl said that he didn’t have any expectations coming into this event. “I was just surprised and happy to be here and that was the main thing for me,” he said. “Being here was already a big goal.”^[54]

After placing eighth at the2025 European Figure Skating Championships, he competed at the2025 World Figure Skating Championships, placing 13th.^[55]

He capped off his season with the2025 World Team Trophy where Team Italy finished third, taking the bronze medal.^[56][57] “At this competition I was not so much pressured,” said Grassl. “I felt the team event is really a fun competition, but at the same time, I wanted to end this season because for me it’s very long.”^[57]

Grassl opened the 2025-26 season at2025 CS Nepela Memorial where he earned the bronze. Later in October, he then competed at2025 Cup of China, winning the silver medal. "I couldn't wait for it to be over," a nervous Grassl said after the free skate. "But then, once I was on the ice, I really enjoyed the moment."^[58]

Results in the2017–18 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 26–29, 2017	2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb	1	67.27	1	130.91	1	198.18
Nov 9–12, 2017	2017 Ice Challenge	1	72.34	1	137.54	1	209.88
Nov 15–19, 2017	2017 Merano Cup	1	65.55	2	122.82	3	188.37
Dec 6–9, 2017	2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	10	68.25	10	138.87	10	207.12
Dec 13–16, 2017	2018 Italian Championships	4	74.28	4	142.79	4	217.07
Feb 22–25, 2018	2018 International Challenge Cup	7	64.99	1	145.43	2	210.42
Apr 4–8, 2018	2018 Egna Spring Trophy	1	69.36	1	147.63	1	216.99

Results in the2018–19 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 24–28, 2018	2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb	1	82.42	1	167.95	1	250.37
Nov 11–18, 2018	2018 CS Alpen Trophy	1	83.42	1	147.08	1	230.50
Nov 23–25, 2018	2018 Warsaw Cup	1	82.27	1	135.64	1	217.91
Dec 5–8, 2018	2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	6	82.35	4	147.47	5	229.82
Dec 13–16, 2018	2019 Italian Championships	1	81.64	2	164.46	1	246.10
Jan 21–27, 2019	2019 European Championships	9	81.69	5	155.01	6	236.70
Apr 11–14, 2019	2019 World Team Trophy	10	79.68	11	148.68	6 (11)	228.36

Results in the2019–20 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 18–20, 2019	2019 CS Ice Star	1	85.42	1	158.40	1	243.82
Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2019	2019 CS Asian Open Trophy	1	77.09	1	152.99	1	230.08
Dec 12–15, 2019	2020 Italian Championships	2	81.53	1	163.87	1	245.40
Jan 20–26, 2020	2020 European Championships	11	76.61	2	168.27	4	244.88

Results in the2020–21 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 15–17, 2020	2020 CS Budapest Trophy	1	82.27	1	150.77	1	233.04
Dec 12–13, 2020	2021 Italian Championships	1	96.54	1	176.31	1	272.85
Mar 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	15	79.43	10	163.38	12	242.81
Apr 15–18, 2021	2021 World Team Trophy	10	67.32	7	161.56	4 (9)	228.88

Results in the2021–22 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 10–12, 2021	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy	5	74.26	1	173.54	1	247.80
Oct 22–24, 2021	2021 Skate America	8	70.88	6	150.55	7	221.43
Nov 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	2	95.67	3	173.33	3	269.00
Nov 17–20, 2021	2021 CS Warsaw Cup	4	81.74	2	161.22	2	242.96
Dec 4–5, 2021	2022 Italian Championships	1	96.66	1	177.30	1	273.96
Jan 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	5	91.75	2	182.73	2	274.48
Feb 4–7, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics (Team event)	5	88.10	—	—	7	—
Feb 8–10, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	12	90.64	4	187.43	7	278.07
Mar 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	5	97.62	7	169.04	7	266.66

Results in the2022–23 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 8, 2022	2022 Japan Open	—	—	4	166.21	3	—
Oct 21–23, 2022	2022 Skate America	3	88.43	4	169.25	4	257.68
Nov 11–13, 2022	2022 MK John Wilson Trophy	2	86.85	1	177.50	1	264.35
Nov 17–20, 2022	2022 CS Warsaw Cup	4	76.44	1	181.32	2	257.76
Dec 8–11, 2022	2022–23 Grand Prix Final	4	80.40	5	164.57	6	244.97
Dec 15–18, 2022	2023 Italian Championships	1	90.85	4	129.84	4	220.69
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	8	77.03	5	153.80	6	230.83
Mar 22–26, 2023	2023 World Championships	8	86.50	14	157.93	12	244.43
Apr 13–16, 2023	2023 World Team Trophy	6	89.81	6	173.53	4 (6)	263.34

Results in the2024–25 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 3–5, 2024	2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	6	66.79	1	170.91	4	237.70
Oct 25–27, 2024	2024 CS Nepela Memorial	1	90.36	1	176.72	1	267.08
Nov 8–10, 2024	2024 NHK Trophy	5	83.01	2	181.84	2	264.85
Nov 15-17, 2024	2024 Finlandia Trophy	6	77.91	1	180.64	3	258.55
Dec 5–8, 2024	2024–25 Grand Prix Final	5	81.76	4	173.20	4	254.96
Dec 19–21, 2024	2025 Italian Championships	1	101.25	2	171.04	1	272.29
Jan 16–18, 2025	2025 Winter World University Games	3	93.82	1	186.74	2	280.56
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025	2025 European Championships	10	78.15	5	159.59	8	237.74
Mar 25–30, 2025	2025 World Championships	14	80.47	12	161.84	13	242.31
Apr 17–20, 2025	2025 World Team Trophy	7	87.07	3	172.45	3 (6)	259.52

Results in the2024–25 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 25–27, 2025	2025 CS Nepela Memorial	2	85.89	3	155.92	3	241.81

Results in the2014–15 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Feb 7–8, 2015	2015 Italian Championships (Junior)	3	49.53	3	93.49	4	143.02

Results in the2015–16 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 17–20, 2015	2015 Lombardia Trophy	5	46.97	3	103.42	3	150.39
Oct 27–31, 2015	2015 Leo Scheu Memorial	4	50.65	2	107.40	2	158.05
Nov 12–15, 2015	2015 Merano Cup	1	54.03	1	109.72	1	163.75
Nov 19–22, 2015	2015 Golden Bear of Zagreb	1	54.85	1	109.98	1	164.83
Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2015	2015 Santa Claus Cup	1	60.60	1	110.90	1	171.50
Dec 16–19, 2015	2016 Italian Championships (Junior)	1	59.03	1	110.90	1	169.93
Jan 6–10, 2016	2016 Mentor Toruń Cup	1	56.09	1	111.89	1	167.98
Feb 23–27, 2016	2016 Hellmut Seibt Memorial	6	49.22	1	105.44	3	154.66
Mar 9–13, 2016	2016 Cup of Tyrol	1	53.06	2	100.20	2	153.26
Apr 15–17, 2016	2016 Egna Spring Trophy	1	60.41	1	120.12	1	180.53

Results in the2016–17 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 24–27, 2016	2016 JGP France	8	56.09	7	115.03	7	171.12
Sep 8–11, 2016	2016 JGP Japan	10	56.10	7	121.26	7	177.36
Oct 27–30, 2016	2016 Golden Bear of Zagreb	2	58.52	1	124.51	1	183.03
Nov 10–13, 2016	2016 Merano Cup	5	54.15	1	122.50	2	176.65
Dec 6–11, 2016	2016 Santa Claus Cup	1	56.80	1	112.82	1	169.62
Dec 14–17, 2016	2017 Italian Championships (Junior)	1	66.58	1	135.88	1	202.46
Jan 10–15, 2017	2017 Mentor Toruń Cup	1	61.00	1	116.58	1	177.58
Feb 11–18, 2017	2017 European Youth Olympic Festival	2	63.35	2	114.89	2	178.24
Apr 6–9, 2017	2017 Egna Spring Trophy	1	60.56	1	120.86	1	181.42

Results in the2017–18 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 23–26, 2017	2017 JGP Australia	5	62.35	8	112.58	6	174.93
Oct 11–14, 2017	2017 JGP Italy	8	61.92	6	126.12	7	188.04

Results in the2018–19 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 22–25, 2018	2018 JGP Slovakia	3	71.86	4	127.40	3	199.26
Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2018	2018 JGP Austria	5	70.17	5	121.21	5	191.38
Mar 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	3	81.19	4	143.48	3	224.67

Results in the2019–20 season ^[67]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 4–7, 2019	2019 JGP Poland	3	81.01	3	147.63	3	228.64
Oct 2–5, 2019	2019 JGP Italy	1	82.77	1	158.76	1	241.53
Dec 5–8, 2019	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	5	71.95	6	123.71	6	195.66
Mar 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	6	78.91	3	150.47	4	229.38

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