Felix Baumgartner: Extreme athletes dies in paragliding accident

Felix Baumgartner (1969-2025) died in a paragliding accident at the age of 56. The company Red Bull has that. Previously, Italian media had such as the long -established daily newspaper.

The Austrian extreme athlete was therefore accidental on July 17th. He crashed in the municipality of Porto Sant’elpidio on the Italian Adriatic coast with its paraglider.

According to the fire brigade, he had probably lost control due to an abrupt malaise. Baumgartner was probably dead immediately. A hotel employee was also injured in the accident. The woman was hospitalized. According to “Corriere della Sera”, the accident is said to have occurred around 4:00 p.m. According to the report, it should not be in mortal danger.

Baumgartner described himself on Instagram in English as a world record holder, base jumper and helicopter pilot. A few hours before the accident that shows him, among other things, on a flight with a motor slide shield.

Baumgartner became known worldwide through sensational jumps – especially through a stratospheric jump in 2012. In free fall, the native of Salzburg succeeded in breaking the sound barrier from more than 39,000 meters. The then 43-year-old at 1,342.8 km/h. “I know the whole world looks at. I hope that the whole world also sees what I see. Sometimes you have to go far to see how small you are. Now I come home,” he explained right before the jump.