Umberto Lehmann

Umberto opened his first grooming salon in Milano in 1985 after having been in breeding, showing and training and started giving formation and specialization courses in his Grooming School getting more than 500 students. From 1985 to 2001, he won several gold and silver medals in USA, Europe and Canada in Poodle, Handstripping, Purebreds Scissoring and Spaniels. He was member of the Italian Team that got the third place in the World Team Championship in Intergroom USA 1996. He was member of the European Team that got the second place in the 2001 World Team Championship in Canada. From 1989 until nowadays, Umberto has been judging in more than 400 International Grooming Competitions, gave grooming demonstrations in more than 450 seminars in USA, all over Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Taiwan, India, Brazil, Japan & China. He has received the Cardinal Crystal Grooming Achievement Award in 1987 as “InternationalGroomer of the year”.

He has judged in four Oster Tournament of Champions, in 1997 in New York, in 1999 in France and 2005 in Germany. In 2008 in Las Vegas. He has been Oster Ambassador for Europe and Organizer of the “Oster European Tournament of Champions” until its cancellation. In 2018, he received the “Shirlee Kalstone Global Achievement” from the Groom Team USA “In recognition of exceptional effort in connecting grooming competitions and grooming educational programs internationally, and bringing the World Team Championship to Olympic proportions”. He also received two Lifetime Achievement awards from England (Liz Paul Award at Master Groom Show) and from Spain (at Artero Grand Slam). Umberto is President of the European Grooming Association (E.G.A.), organizer of the World Team Grooming Championship as well as the Individual European Grooming Championship and owner and organizer of the International Grooming competition “MilanGroom.