Date of birth
03/09/1978
Place of birth
Munich
Discipline
Paragliding
Modality
Hike & Fly
Nationality
German
"I love being exposed, being outdoors, being part of a great adventure."
BIOGRAPHY
I've been doing sport for as long as I can remember: mainly mountain sports like rock, ice and alpine climbing.
For the past 20 years I've been going mountaineering all over the world; from the Alps where I grew up to the 8000 m peaks of Himalaya where my focus as a professional athlete is right now. I'm also a UIAA mountain guide and when I am not on expedition, I regularly work with clients climbing in the Alps and beyond.
Flying was somehow always present as well. My father was into hang gliders and later into paragliding. The moment I was allowed to get a license I started. That was in Germany at the age of seventeen.
I flew for some years but realized that combining my mountaineering ambitions with flying didn’t work out. So I stopped. Just recently when the new light and compact wings came out I picked that passion up again and can’t wait to combine more climbing in flying here in the Alps to hopefully one day in the Himalayas.
A memory that will probably remain engraved in my mind: The participation to the Acro Game where I had the honor to battle in the final qualifications with Raúl Rodríguez. He is a legend!
We had a great time laughing and doing brohook during the transitions to present ourselves on the box.
It was my favorite competition of my entire career. I had no expectations and nothing to lose, just the pleasure of enjoying being in the moment and pushing myself to the max!
SO GREAT!
I've been doing sport for as long as I can remember: mainly mountain sports like rock, ice and alpine climbing.
For the past 20 years I've been going mountaineering all over the world; from the Alps where I grew up to the 8000 m peaks of Himalaya where my focus as a professional athlete is right now. I'm also a UIAA mountain guide and when I am not on expedition, I regularly work with clients climbing in the Alps and beyond.
Flying was somehow always present as well. My father was into hang gliders and later into paragliding. The moment I was allowed to get a license I started. That was in Germany at the age of seventeen.
I flew for some years but realized that combining my mountaineering ambitions with flying didn’t work out. So I stopped. Just recently when the new light and compact wings came out I picked that passion up again and can’t wait to combine more climbing in flying here in the Alps to hopefully one day in the Himalayas.
A memory that will probably remain engraved in my mind: The participation to the Acro Game where I had the honor to battle in the final qualifications with Raúl Rodríguez. He is a legend!
We had a great time laughing and doing brohook during the transitions to present ourselves on the box.
It was my favorite competition of my entire career. I had no expectations and nothing to lose, just the pleasure of enjoying being in the moment and pushing myself to the max!
SO GREAT!
