Uli Emanuele

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Uli Emanuele (born October 23, 1985 in South Tyrol ; † August 17, 2016 in Lauterbrunnen Valley ) was a professional Italian base jumper .

Life

Emanuele was born in Italy and learned to be a printer there , but later moved to Switzerland and worked as a dishwasher at a mountain inn , as he could fly back home to the valley from there at the end of the day. He started base jumping at the age of 21 and has been doing the sport full-time under the sponsor GoPro since April 2015 .

Emanuele gained notoriety by jumping through a 2 m narrow hole in a rock in the Lauterbrunnen valley near the Rottal glacier , which he recorded with a helmet camera and posted online. The video received over seven million clicks on YouTube within a very short time and Emanuele had several appearances, including at Markus Lanz .

Emanuele died on August 17, 2016 at the age of 30 during a base jump in Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Swiss Alps , in which more than 40 other extreme athletes had had accidents before him. In his career he completed more than 2000 base jumps.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b GoPro star died in the wingsuit flight. Great mourning for “artist of the air” Uli Emanuele († 29). Blick.ch . August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Base jumper Uli Emanuele († 30) dies in the Dolomites. These daring stunts made him a legend. Bild.de . August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Base jumper Uli Emanuele falls to his death. Sueddeutsche.de . August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ Uli Emanuele and more than 40 other extreme athletes died here. The valley of the dead base jumpers. Bild.de. August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ Hit the rock. Base jumper Uli Emanuele: The mystery of the death jump. Evening newspaper Munich . August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Emanuele, Uli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian base jumper
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH South Tyrol , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 2016
Place of death Lauterbrunnen Valley , Switzerland