Florian Riegler is an Italian extreme climber and filmmaker.

Riegler began sport climbing at the age of 13. In 2004 he was a participant in a first ascent “Zwergenkönig” (400 meters) on the Rotwand (Rosengarten group). The route could not be repeated by any rope team until today. 2010 followed a winter first ascent of the route “Checkmate” M10+, 55°, 1000 meters at the Königspitze (Ortler group) with Martin Riegler.

In 2007 he won the Italian championships in ice climbing and climbs with “Caudio Cafè” 8c+ in Arco. In 2012 he was the actor of Reinhold Messner in the film Messner. In the same year Riegler organised an expedition to Pakistan together with his brother, where they succeeded in the first ascent of the 4,950 m high Kako Peak. In 2013 he undertook the first ascent of the modern classic “Coyote” 5.12a on the Pfattner walls. 2015 he doubled Josh Brolin in the Hollywood movie Everest.

Riegler is also a farmer on the family farm with vineyards and orchards in Bolzano. He is married and has two children.