Felix Baumgartner Sibling: Who Is Gerard Baumgartner?

Gerard Baumgartner is the younger brother of Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner.

There’s no further information about Gerard.

Felix, on the other hand, was passionate about flying from an early age. He skydived for the first time at the age of 16, at a skydiving club in Salzburg.

Before beginning his career in adventure sports, he was in the Austrian military’s ‘Special Forces’ demonstration team. During this period, he trained to improve his diving and acrobatic skills.

In his early days, Felix supported himself by working as a mechanic and a racecar driver.

In 1988, he collaborated with ‘Red Bull’ for the first time for a skydiving stunt. Following this, ‘Red Bull’ sponsored a lot of his record-breaking skydiving ventures.

In the year 1999, Felix Baumgartner set multiple records with his parachute jumps. His first record was for the highest parachute jump, created by his leap from the famous ‘Petronus Towers’ in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This was followed by another parachute jump, from the ‘Pirelli Tower’ in Italy, Milan.