Marco Waltenspiel, Amy Chmelecki and Marco Fuerst fly with their wingsuits over the heart island near Zadar, Croatia, November 30, 2016
Marco Waltenspiel seen during the Pyramids Flight project at Visoko, Bosnia And Herzegovina on October 2, 2017

Marco
Waltenspiel

Austria

Austria

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BASE Jumping

Being part of the Red Bull Skydive Team means BASE jumper Marco Waltenspiel can do what he loves every single day – fly like a bird.

Date of birth

16 July 1984

Place of birth

Oberndorf, Austria

Age

41

Nationality

Austria

Austria

Career start

2001

Disciplines

Wingsuit Flying / Outdoor Skydiving / B.A.S.E. Jumping

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Marco Waltenspiel with the finesse of the former, and the velocity of the latter! Born in 1984, Waltenspiel has been skydiving since he was 17 and has completed thousands of jumps in the intervening years.

His early competitive career highlights included taking third place at the European Championships (Junior) and fourth in the World Championships (Junior) in 2006, as well as first place at the European Paraboard Championships and the Austrian State Championships (Team).