Felix Baumgartner

About Felix Baumgartner

Austrian daredevil who set the skydiving record by falling from 24 miles above the Earth's surface in October 2012. During his descent, he was reported to have achieved a speed of 1,357 kilometers per hour.

Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil, and BASE jumper. He is best known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in New Mexico, United States as part of the Red Bull Stratos project. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km, reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h, or Mach 1.25. He became the first person to break the sound barrier relative to the surface without vehicular power on his descent. He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue. Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet—or, 41.42 km with a drogue. Baumgartner is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career.

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Trivia

He is the first human being to break the sound barrier with natural acceleration.

Felix Baumgartner before fame

As a kid, he fantasized about flying.

Achievement of Felix Baumgartner

He is the first person to breach the sound barrier while accelerating naturally.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Felix Baumgartner family life

He was once engaged to model Nicole Ottl until they split in 2013. In 2014, he started dating TV host Mihaela Radulescu Schwartzenberg.

Associations of Felix Baumgartner

He, like Evel Knievel, pushed himself to do incredible exploits.

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