Anton Grimus

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Anton Grimus
Personal information
Born (1990-12-27) 27 December 1990 (age 33)
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in) (2014)
Weight105 kg (231 lb) (2014)
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sport Freestyle Skiing
Medal record
New Zealand Winter Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Cardrona Ski Cross

Anton Grimus (born 27 December 1990) is an Australian freestyle skier. He was born in Mansfield. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in ski-cross. [1]

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References

  1. "Anton Grimus". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.