Skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 in paragliding accident

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 in paragliding accident

Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, dies in a paragliding accident in central Italy on July 17, 2025, local police said. He was 56. Baumgartner lost control of his motorized paraglider while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in Italy's central Marche region, and fell to the ground near the swimming pool of a hotel. The reasons for the accident were unclear.

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