Date of birth
23/10/80
Place of birth
Capinota
Discipline
Paragliding
Modality
Cross Country
Nationality
Bolivian
"I'm happy and as it says the old and beautiful song of Frank S. "I did it my way"."
BIOGRAPHY
My name is German and I come from a small village called Villa Capinota in Cochabamaba, Bolivia. It is situated in a valley beneath the Andes. Ever since I was a child, I would walk the hills and think about flying in some way.
When I was young I did skydiving, I got to know this sport through some magazines and I had the opportunity to travel to Europe and work as paragliding a instructor. I started competing in Spain and, after a long break, I returned to competitions, winning local and national championships on several occasions.
In FAI Cat. 2 international competitions I managed to get on the podium several times, because I discovered that these are the competitions I enjoy most. The next step was qualifying for the PWC and reaching the Superfinal. But I do not think that I got my place for being well-behaved - ha ha ha.
Currently, I am working freelance and at weekends I do tandem flights. In the not too distant future I would like to be in all the world paragliding events.
My name is German and I come from a small village called Villa Capinota in Cochabamaba, Bolivia. It is situated in a valley beneath the Andes. Ever since I was a child, I would walk the hills and think about flying in some way.
When I was young I did skydiving, I got to know this sport through some magazines and I had the opportunity to travel to Europe and work as paragliding a instructor. I started competing in Spain and, after a long break, I returned to competitions, winning local and national championships on several occasions.
In FAI Cat. 2 international competitions I managed to get on the podium several times, because I discovered that these are the competitions I enjoy most. The next step was qualifying for the PWC and reaching the Superfinal. But I do not think that I got my place for being well-behaved - ha ha ha.
Currently, I am working freelance and at weekends I do tandem flights. In the not too distant future I would like to be in all the world paragliding events.
Curiosities
Career
I am an aero-modeller, sky diver and a lawyer.
I qualified in...
I qualified in search and rescue with the Bolivian Air Force.
I love...
I love hiking in the mountains.