A tragic accident has claimed the life of this two-time world champion😭

Only later was the athlete’s identity confirmed — it was 37-year-old Pierre Wolnik, a two-time Freefly World Champion in 2022 and 2024. He had been preparing to represent France at the 2026 FAI World Championships and worked as a videographer for the national parachuting federation, combining sport with the art of capturing his flights on camera.

Colleagues remember him as a man with a warm smile and an extraordinary dedication to the sky. The president of the French Parachuting Federation described him as an “exceptional athlete” whose presence will forever remain in the hearts of his teammates. Just weeks before the tragedy, he had shared a video of himself training in a wind tunnel, captioning it: “Nothing beats winter four-way training at home.”