The loss of wingsuit athlete Jhonathan Florez, affectionately known as the birdman in the freefall community, has touched the hearts of many around the world.
Among 32-year-old Florez’s accomplishments were over 4,000 skydives and BASE jumps, and four different world records, including the longest distance wingsuit flight (26km), longest wingsuit flight (in duration – 9m 06s), and the highest altitude wingsuit jump (11,358m), all simultaneously during a jump in 2012.
He was also WWL China GP Champion in 2013 and Silver Medalist in 2014.
Jhonny was one of only a few world-class freefall athletes to hail from Latin America. When not performing himself, he was often working behind the scenes of Hollywood movies, as both a stuntman and aerial camera operator.
He will always be missed by many