Flavio Gross
Switzerland
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Switzerland | |
| Born | 02 Feb 2002 | |
| Gender | Men |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 41.02 | 20 Jan 2019 |  St. Moritz |
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| 1000m | 1:18.34 | 26 Oct 2018 |  Inzell |
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| 1500m | 1:51.72 | 10 Oct 2021 | Inzell |
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| 5000m | 6:48.57 | 30 Oct 2021 | Inzell |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Eislauf-Club Zurich: Switzerland |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | He has represented Switzerland in roller speed skating, placing 128th in the road marathon at the 2018 World Championships in Arnhem, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Oct 2018) | |
| Famous relatives | His younger brother Leandro has competed as part of the Swiss junior roller speed skating team. (rollsport.ch, 29 Sep 2016) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | He was encouraged by his father to try roller skating. Later he was inspired to try ice speed skating by his idol, Swiss speed skater Livio Wenger. His parents gifted him his first speed skating training session for his 10th birthday. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Ambitions | To compete at the Olympic Winter Games, and to become a world champion in roller speed skating. (baselland.ch, 07 Mar 2018; bazonline.ch, 02 Feb 2021) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up roller skating at age four, and began training in speed skating at age 10 in Basel, Switzerland. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." (sporthilfe.ch, 2017) | |
| Other information | DUAL DEMANDS He has competed in both speed skating and inline skating, and believes switching between the two sports requires versatility. "Although the movements look similar, the technical demands are different so you must train differently. Switching between the two sports is not easy. As a young athlete, I see it as an advantage that I came into contact with both sports at an early age and can learn to change from one sport to another more quickly." (baselland.ch, 07 Mar 2018) |
Social Media
Social Media
| instagram.com/grossflavio/ |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | In mid-2020 he dislocated his shoulder while swimming. He needed surgery and returned to full training in November 2020. (bazonline.ch, 02 Feb 2021) In 2019 he suffered a lower leg fracture while competing in roller speed skating in Liechtenstein. He required a metal plate inserted into his leg. (bazonline.ch, 02 Feb 2021; Instagram profile, 17 May 2019) He was affected by encephalitis [inflammation of the brain] and meningitis at a young age after receiving a tick bite. (bazonline.ch, 02 Feb 2021) |
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| Hero / Idol | Swiss speed skater Livio Wenger. (bazonline.ch, 02 Feb 2021) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Kalon Dobbin [national], NZL | |
| Training Regime | He trains regularly in Inzell, Germany. |
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start | 54 | |||