Yael Margelisch

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Portrait of the Swiss paraglider pilot Yael Margelisch (2019)
Yael Margelisch (2019)

Yael Margelisch (born February 15, 1991 ) is a Swiss paraglider pilot from Verbier . As the first woman ever, Yael Margelisch flew more than 500 km in this discipline.

Life

Yael Margelisch started paragliding at the age of 19. After receiving her pilot's license, she received a speed flight license in 2012, a tandem license in 2014 and has also been teaching paragliding since 2015.

Sporting successes

Yael Margelisch was the Swiss paragliding champion in 2018, took third place in the European Championship and second place in the World Cup final . On August 9, 2019, she became vice world champion at the World Championship for paragliders in Krusevo .

On October 12, 2019, she flew the current world record for women in Brazil over a straight distance of 531.8 km. With the same flight, she also holds the record in the free route category with up to three turning points with 552.4 km.

Yael Margelisch already broke another world record on May 1, 2019 in the Cross Country Woman category . Here she flew 263 kilometers in a triangle over the French Alps , as confirmed by the FAI . Yael Margelisch has already secured ten podium places in the World Cup. The Valais woman was in the air for around ten hours to achieve her world records .

Web links

Commons : Yael Margelisch  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b pd / tma: She is the first woman who covered more than 500 kilometers in a row. In: 1815.ch. mengis media, February 14, 2020, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Swiss Hang Glider Association: Paraglioding Swiss Open Diesentis 2018. In: www.shv-fsvl.ch. Swiss Hang Glider Association, August 4, 2018, accessed on May 10, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Torsten Siegel: EM 2018 from 16.-28. July in Portugal / Montalegre. In: dhv.de. German Paragliding and Hang Gliding Association V., July 28, 2018, accessed May 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ More sports news of the day - Schär sets European and world records. August 19, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ FAI Record ID # 19133 - Yael Margelisch (SUI). October 15, 2019, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ FAI Record ID # 19132 - Yael Margelisch (SUI). October 15, 2019, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  7. ↑ km: 28-year-old Valais woman sets the world record. In: 20min.ch. TX Group, August 28, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Margelisch, Yael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss paraglider pilot
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1991