German Glessner

Germán Glessner (born 8 March 1974 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine/German Olympian who represented Argentina in the Winter Olympic Games of Salt Lake City 2002,^[1] in the ice sport of Skeleton. Glessner is a multilingual businessman who speaks Spanish, English, German, Italian, and French, and shares his sports and business experiences as a keynote motivational speaker around the world. He holds a bachelor's degree in International Business.

Business[edit]

He is the founder and CEO of Glessner Group.^[2]

The company started in 2005 as an Architectural Visualizations Company, one of the top 5 CGI International Studios. Glessner Group has gained international acclaim by being featured in numerous well-known architectural publications.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Glessner Group has participated in projects in Canada, USA, Greenland, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Azerbaijan, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Oman, and Cameroon. Collaborating with distinguished professionals like Arch. Oscar Niemeyer,^[8] Arch, Bjarke Ingels (founding partner at BIG Architects^[9]), and Michel Rojkind.^[10]

Nowadays Glessner Group is a Mergers & Acquisitions Boutique, with an international UHNWI network, involved in a wide field of industries and services such as real estate, and venture capitals, operating worldwide.^[11]

Sports[edit]

Glessner competed in Skeleton sport from 1996 to 2006,^[12]^[13] representing Argentina in the Winter Olympic Games of Salt Lake City 2002. Since 2015 he is the president of the Argentine Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge Association (AABSL).^[14]^[15]^[16] The AABSL was re-founded in 1996 by Christian Atance, Claudio Atance and German Glessner. Founding member of the "Argentine Olympic Athletes Association".^[17]

Glessner worked as a computer programmer while training for skeleton in Innsbruck and Lake Placid, New York.^[18]

References[edit]

^ 'Salt Lake City 2002'
^ 'Glessner Group'
^ 'NETFLIX'
^ 'Architect Magazine'
^ 'FLOORNATURE'
^ 'Designboom'
^ 'Archdaily'
^ Oscar Niemeyer'
^ 'BIG Architects'
^ 'Rojkind Arquitectos'
^ 'Glessner Group - Real Estate & Venture Capital'
^ 'German Glessner OLY'
^ Glessner SLC 2002'^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 'Asociación Argentina de Bobsleigh, Skeleton & Luge'
^ "'International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation'". Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ 'International Luge Federation'
^ 'World Olympians Association'
^ 'Clarin'

External links[edit]

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[1] 'Salt Lake City 2002'

[2] 'Glessner Group'

[3] 'NETFLIX'

[4] 'Architect Magazine'

[5] 'FLOORNATURE'

[6] 'Designboom'

[7] 'Archdaily'

[8] Oscar Niemeyer'

[9] 'BIG Architects'

[10] 'Rojkind Arquitectos'

[11] 'Glessner Group - Real Estate & Venture Capital'

[12] 'German Glessner OLY'

[13] Glessner SLC 2002'^{[permanent dead link]}

[14] 'Asociación Argentina de Bobsleigh, Skeleton & Luge'

[15] "'International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation'". Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[16] 'International Luge Federation'

[17] 'World Olympians Association'

[18] 'Clarin'

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