Men
SUI
Oliver GROB
SUI- Date of birth05 Dec 1996
- Height1820 CM
- ProfessionAthlete, Student
- HometownZug
- Place of birthCham
- Start skating / Club He began inline skating at age 11, and first tried speed skating at age 15 in Zurich, Switzerland. / Eislauf-Club Zurich: Switzerland
- HobbiesSpending time with friends, cooking. (zugerwoche.ch, 28 Sep 2016)
- LanguagesEnglish, French, German
- FamliyPartner Raquel
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Train hard, enjoy racing." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)
New Zealand speed skater and coach Kalon Dobbin, Slovakian cyclist Peter Sagan. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)
He, Christian Oberbichler and Livio Wenger won bronze in team sprint at the 2020 European Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, which was the first European championship medal in speed skating for Switzerland. The trio previously became the first speed skaters representing Switzerland to win a World Cup medal in team sprint when they claimed bronze at the 2019 event in Astana, Kazakhstan. (isu.org, 11 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 19 Nov 2021)
Coach Kalon Dobbin. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)
He underwent surgery in September 2016 after fracturing his left collarbone in a training crash in Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019; olivergrob.ch, 29 Sep 2016; Instagram profile, 14 Sep 2016)
He suffered an inflammation of his L5-S1 spinal joint in October 2015 and missed five weeks of training. (olivergrob.ch, 29 Sep 2016)
He suffered an inflammation of his L5-S1 spinal joint in October 2015 and missed five weeks of training. (olivergrob.ch, 29 Sep 2016)
To win an Olympic medal. (LinkedIn profile, 14 Oct 2022)
Finishing in 13th place in the roller speed skating road 100m sprint at the 2019 World Roller Games in Barcelona, Spain. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)
FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2022 he began studying for a bachelor's degree in business administration and sports management at the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences. (LinkedIn profile, 14 Oct 2022)
In 2022 he began studying for a bachelor's degree in business administration and sports management at the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences. (LinkedIn profile, 14 Oct 2022)
He represented Switzerland in roller speed skating at the world championships in 2018 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Dec 2019)
He wanted to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. "I started with inline skating but this is not an Olympic discipline. That is why I decided to go for speed skating after four years of inline skating."
