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| birth_name  = Florian Trimpl
| birth_date  = 9 July 1979
| birth_place = {{Flag icon|GER}} [[Germany]]
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| occupation  = [[Strongman (strength athlete)|Strongman]]
| title       = Germany's Strongest Man 2009
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{{CompetitionRecordSport | [[Strongman (strength athlete)|Strongman]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{GER}} }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[World's Strongest Man]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordQualifier  | [[World's Strongest Man|2007 World's Strongest Man]]| }}
{{CompetitionRecordQualifier  | [[World's Strongest Man|2008 World's Strongest Man]]| }}
{{CompetitionRecordQualifier  | [[World's Strongest Man|2009 World's Strongest Man]]| }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[Germany's Strongest Man]] }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  2006 | }}
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'''Florian Trimpl''' (born 9 July 1979) is a German [[strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.world-strongmancup.at/athleten/trimpl.htm |title=:: World StrongManCup – W.S.M.C. Federation – Florian Trimpl |access-date=21 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722104835/http://www.world-strongmancup.at/athleten/trimpl.htm |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> competitor and entrant to the [[World's Strongest Man]] competition on multiple occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strongman Archives - Florian Trimpl |url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewAthlete.php?id=77 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=strongmanarchives.com}}</ref>

==Biography==
Florian Trimpl began competing in strongman tournaments in 2004 at the age of 24.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strongman Archives - Florian Trimpl |url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewAthlete.php?id=77 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=strongmanarchives.com}}</ref> Trimpl rose to international attention with podium finishes in Germany's Strongest Man, culminating in winning that title in 2009. He did not affiliate to the [[International Federation of Strength Athletes|IFSA]] but instead participated in the [[World Strongman Cup]] tours from 2005 onwards. This international exposure led to a 2007 invitation to the prestigious [[World's Strongest Man]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strongman Archives - Florian Trimpl |url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewAthlete.php?id=77 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=strongmanarchives.com}}</ref> His win in the qualifying heats of that tournament in the Hercules Hold event, in a group containing [[Mark Felix]] who has a claim to having the strongest grip in the world, is the achievement he has stated he is most proud of.'<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/florian_trimpl.php |title=Official Home of The World's Strongest Man Competition |access-date=21 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021084106/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/florian_trimpl.php |archive-date=21 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He went on to participate in two more World's Strongest Man finals in 2008 and 2009 which were the last competitions he participated in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strongman Archives - Florian Trimpl |url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewAthlete.php?id=77 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=strongmanarchives.com}}</ref>

== Strongman competition record ==
* 2005
** 10. – [[World Strongman Cup|World Strongman Cup 2005: Nuremberg]]
* 2006
** 2. – [[Germany's Strongest Man]]
** 9. – [[World Strongman Cup|World Strongman Cup 2006: Wiedeń]]
** 10. – [[World Strongman Cup|World Strongman Cup 2006: Podolsk]]
* 2007
** 11. – [[World Strongman Cup|World Strongman Cup 2007: Ryga]]
** 5. – [[World Strongman Cup|World Strongman Cup 2007: Moskwa]]
** 11. – [[World Strongman Cup|World Strongman Cup 2007: Dartford]]
** 2. – [[Germany's Strongest Man]]
* 2008
* competitor World strongest man Malta 
** 4. – [[Germany's Strongest Man]]
** 9. – [[Strongman Super Series#WSM Super Series 2008|WSM Super Series 2008: Lysekil]]
* 2009
** 1. – [[Germany's Strongest Man]]
** 9. – [[Europe's Strongest Man]]
** 1.platz deutschlandcup/Riedenburg 3. Platz Truck pull/ingolstadt 4.platz deutschlandcup/Lüchow 3.platz internationaler strongmancup obertrum Österreich 1.platz deutschlandcup/Waging finale Teilnehmer World strongest man/Charlotte USA 2010 3.platz deutschlandcup/riedenburg 3.platz internationale süddeutsche strongman Meisterschaft/Bad Birnbach 3.platz internationaler Stockerpoint Cup 2.platz deutschlandcup/freital 4.platz deutsche Meisterschaft/waging am See

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005404/http://www.gfsa-online.de/athleten2.php/?section=athleten%2Ftrimpl Florian Trimpl on gfsa-strongman.de]

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