🇩🇪 Florian Weiherer

Munich's Florian Weiherer went from sixth at the 2022 Worlds in Thailand to world silver in 2024 and a World Games medal in 2025.

Florian Weiherer, born in 2000 and from Munich, is a regular in world cable finals. His best IWWF world championship result to date is silver at the 2024 Worlds at Le Kable near Paris, where he scored 70.67 behind home rider Loïc Deschaux and ahead of the Philippines' Raph Trinidad.

A year later, in August 2025, he reached the podium at The World Games in Chengdu, where cable wakeboarding returned to the Games for the first time since 2005, taking bronze in men's cable wakeboard behind Deschaux and his compatriot Max Milde. German magazine Boote described the two as team-mates, and their double podium gave Germany two of the three men's cable medals.

His Thai chapter came at the 2022 IWWF World Cable Championships at ESC Thai Wake Park, where he made the Open Men final and finished sixth. According to his IWWF rider profile, he goes by 'Flo', rides at Wasserskipark Aschheim near Munich and names Ronix, the Bundeswehr and Deutsche Sporthilfe as sponsors.

Key results

Style & career

Steady progression on the world stage: a 2022 world final (6th), world silver in 2024 and World Games bronze in 2025. Per his IWWF profile, his favourite trick is the switch Mobe 5.

Sources & credits

Checked against official results and sports media. Details riders self-report on their IWWF profiles are labelled as such. Images on this page are AI illustrations, not photos of the athletes, out of respect for their image rights.

1. Wikipedia – Wakeboarding at the 2025 World Games
2. IWWF Cable – 2024 World Championships official results (Paris)
3. IWWF Cable – 2022 World Championships official results (ESC Thai Wake Park)
4. Boote – World Games 2025: German wakeboarders shine with gold, silver and bronze
5. IWWF Cable – rider profile: Florian Weiherer