Ernesto Gainza Medina
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Ernesto Gainza Medina (born March 5, 1979, in Valencia, Venezuela) is a professional skydiver, stunt performer and stunt coordinator, skydiving consultant, skydiving instructor and instructor examiner. He is also an experienced BASE jumper, wingsuit flyer and Guinness world record holder.
Professional career[edit]
Ratings[edit]
- United States Parachute Association professional exhibition jumper
- United States Parachute Association coach
- United States Parachute Association coach examiner
- United States Parachute Association accelerated free-fall Instructor
- United States Parachute Association accelerated free-fall Instructor examiner[citation needed]
Parachuting certificates of proficiency & licenses[edit]
- United States Parachute Association “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” license holder
- British Parachute Association “A”, “B”, “C” license holder
- Emirates Aerosports federation “D” license holder
- Fédération Française de Parachutisme Brevet "B3" "B4" "B5" "C"[citation needed]
Appointments[edit]
- United States Parachute Association Safety & Training Advisor 2013-2016
- Emirates Aerosports Federation Safety & Training advisor 2013-2015
Competitions[edit]
- World championships in canopy piloting, Czech Republic, 2011
- Italian canopy piloting nationals 2010
- Czech canopy piloting nationals 2007, 2009, 2011
- Spanish canopy piloting nationals 2007, 2008, 2009
- German canopy piloting nationals 2007 and 2009
- World championships in canopy piloting, South Africa, 2009
- British Parachute Association skydiving nationals 2005
Guinness World Records[edit]
- Most crossings of the Equator during a parachute jump. Coaque, Ecuador January 2020)
- Landing the world's smallest parachute, JVX 35sf by Icarus Canopies by NZ Aero Sports. Dubai(UAE) April 2014
- Most skydivers to parachute from a balloon simultaneously Skydive Dubai(UAE), February 2013
References[edit]
- http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/dubai-skydiver-breaks-world-record-for-jumping-with-smallest-parachute-1.1314869
- http://www.thenational.ae/uae/venezuelan-daredevil-with-a-small-parachute-skydives-to-new-world-record-in-dubai
- http://fridaymagazine.ae/real-life/ernesto-gainza-medina-i-m-for-the-high-jump-1.1314021
- http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/07/parachutist-sets-a-world-record-with-bed-sheet-in-14000ft-jump-4691789/
- http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20806531,00.html
- http://www.panamericanworld.com/en/article/venezuelan-ernesto-gainza-defied-death
- http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/todayevent/2014/March/todayevent_March30.xml§ion=todayevent
- http://www.skydivemag.com/article/custom-cypres-for-project-xcf
- https://radioprvi.rtvslo.si/2019/04/drugi-pogled-ernestogainza/
- https://siol.net/sportal/sportal-plus/ernesto-gainza-ekstremni-sportnik-iz-venezuele-ki-se-je-z-nasel-v-prekmurju-video-453627
- https://siol.net/sportal/sportal-plus/na-zalost-sem-perfekcionist-mislim-da-je-to-tisto-kar-me-je-ohranilo-pri-zivljenju-68647
- http://www.eldiario.ec/noticias-manabi-ecuador/489414-paracaidistas-de-san-vicente-realizan-curso-con-el-record-guinness-ernesto-gainza/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/SkyDiving/comments/azsa78/aerial_stuntman_ernesto_gainza_achieved_a/
- https://people.com/celebrity/ernesto-gainza-sets-skydive-record-with-worlds-smallest-parachute/
- https://www.meltyxtrem.fr/ernesto-gainza-video-du-record-du-monde-du-saut-avec-le-plus-petit-parachute-3-25m-a271811.html
- https://www.zurnal24.si/slovenija/slovenija-je-moja-ljubica-277900
- https://www.revistavenezolana.com/2014/04/el-venezolano-ernesto-gainza-impone-una-marca-mundial-en-dubai/
- https://www.tedxljubljana.com/video/2371/view-from-above
- http://www.yosoyvenezolano.com/noticias-de-venezuela/deportes-venezuela/paracaidista-venezolano-ernesto-gainza/
- https://ekipa.svet24.si/clanek/magazin/na-delu-v-tujini/580a00bf7e95c/ernesto-gainza
- https://www.dnevnik.si/1042741851/sport/ostali-sporti/drugi-sporti/ernesto-gainza-medina-padalec-vznemirjajo-me-nacrtovanje-izvedba-in-malo-prostora-za-napako
- https://www.midwestfreefall.com/about/news/skydiver-lands-worlds-smallest-parachute/
- http://mysofia.bg/entertainment/guiness-recordior-uchi-nashi-parasutisti-krai-radomir/
- https://vid.btv.bg/btv/2019/04/24/6letene_1556113530-1.mp4