Chrigel Maurer
Christian "Chrigel" Maurer (born July 27, 1982 ) is a Swiss paraglider pilot from Adelboden . After his apprenticeship as a bricklayer , he worked as a test and competition pilot at the Swiss paraglider manufacturer Advance . He has been a full-time competition pilot since December 2012. Between 2012 and 2014 he flew and worked for the paraglider manufacturer Ozone . He has been back at Advance since the end of 2014. He has been married to Karin Maurer since 2007 .
He is active both in cross country flying and in paragliding acro with excellent results.
The most important sporting successes
| year | Competition | rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Junior Challenge | 1 |
| 2004 | Cross Country Cup - Open Class | 2 |
| 2004 | Swiss Paragliding Championship | 1 |
| 2004 | European Paragliding Championship | 1 |
| 2004 | Red Bull Vertigo | 2 |
| 2005 | Cross Country Cup - Open Class | 1 |
| 2006 | Swiss Paragliding Championship | 1 |
| 2004 | European Paragliding Championship | 2 |
| 2005 | Paragliding World Cup | 1 |
| 2006 | Paragliding World Cup | 1 |
| 2006 | Red Bull Vertigo | 2 |
| 2007 | Paragliding World Cup | 1 |
| 2008 | Delta Swiss Championship | 1 |
| 2008 | Swiss Acro Championship | 1 |
| 2008 | Cross Country Cup - Open Class | 1 |
| 2009 | Red Bull X-Alps | 1 |
| 2011 | Red Bull X-Alps | 1 |
| 2014 | X-Pyr | 1 |
| 2013 | Swiss Paragliding Championship | 1 |
| 2013 | Red Bull X-Alps | 1 |
| 2015 | Red Bull X-Alps | 1 |
| 2016 | Dolomitenmann | 1 |
| 2016 | X-Pyr | 1 |
| 2017 | Red Bull X-Alps | 1 |
| 2018 | X-Pyr | 1 |
| 2018 | Eiger tour | 1 |
| 2019 | Red Bull X-Alps | 1 |
Records
Maurer was the world record holder in infinity tumbling , the record he set in 2009 with 210 turns. He held another world record from 2006 to 2011 with an FAI triangle over 266 km in Valais . On June 2, 2019, he won the FAI triangle world record with a flight of 343 km from Niesen .
In 2004, he also set a European record of 323 km in a cross-country flight from Niesen am Thunersee to Landeck in Tyrol. In addition, he won the Redbull X-Alps 6 times in a row, which no one has done before him.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ozone Gliders Ltd (2012), "Willkommen Chrigel !, http://flyozone.com/paragliders/de/news/archive/2012/07/5110/
- ↑ Advance AG (2014), "Back to his roots", archive link ( memento of the original from July 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Start of registration for the 30th Dolomitenmann. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
- ^ Results X-Pyr. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Grindelwald: King of the skies remains king. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Lu Glidz: Swiss high flyer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mason, Chrigel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maurer, Christian (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss paraglider pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1982 |