Olav Zipser
Known as the "father of freeflying," having developed and promoted this discipline.
Has set numerous World Records and played a key role in developing it as a competitive discipline.
Founder of the Freefly Astronaut Project and has trained thousands of skydivers globally.
In 1986, Olav Zipser became one of Europe’s first test pilots for AFF, igniting his passion for flight. By ’88, he mastered tandem and AFF jumpmastering, delving into free flying and aerobatics. Today, based in Thailand, Olav continues to share his expertise through the Advanced FreeFly 2.0 program. Honored to have won an Emmy and Gold across world Air games, world Games championships, X Games, Space Games, and more, he feels incredibly amazed by the passion of FreeFly aviation athletes in the fastest mammal sport without an engine. Olav is grateful to all who’ve joined him on this thrilling journey.
Born: March 12, 1966
