Craig Girard, D-11420, made his first jump in 1981. He has won seven world championships (five in 8-way and two in 4-way formation skydiving). He is a full-time professional jumper and formation skydiving coach. Girard became a U.S. Army Golden Knight in 1986 winning the 1989, 1991 and 1993 World 8-way Formation Skydiving Championships as well as the 1988 and 1990 World Cups of Formation Skydiving. He is a member of Arizona Airspeed winning four world championships and five more world cups in 4- and 8-way; member of the 300-, 357- and 400-way large formation world record skydiving teams and the chief freefall instructor at Skydive Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
