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Roger Ponce de Leon

International Skydiving Hall of Fame

Roger Ponce de Leon

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International leader in formation skydiving for 50+ years participating in the world record setting 200, 300 and 400-way formations.
Member of the gold-medal winning 1981 World Championships in 8-Way with Mirror Image.
Member of the 1988 Seoul Olympics skydiving demonstration team which opened the Olympic Games.
Inducted: 2018 Country: United States
Class Of 2018
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Roger Ponce de Leon has been an internationally recognized leader in formation skydiving for more than 50 years.  He has served as a load organizer around the globe and participated in numerous large formation skydive world records, to include the fist 200, 300 and 400-ways. In addition to record size formations, he has designed and participated in numerous world record large sequential skydives.  He was a member of the 1981 Mirror Image 8-way Team which won the World championships, and in 1988, he was part of the Exhibition Team which opened the Seoul Olympics with a spectacular display in free fall of the Olympic Rings.

 

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