What an incredible series of achievements by our Australian Parachute Team! Committed leaders of the sport and great representatives of what our Australian skydiving community is all about — remarkable skydivers with true team spirit that help each other out.

We are certain the Performance-Based Funding spent by APF on helping APT members train for and compete in the 2022 World Skydiving Championships will have benefits for all APF members. The knowledge and expertise gained from participating in such events can be shared with other coaches and members around the country, and help progress our sport and inspire the next generation of competitors.

APF Board of Directors

MEDALS

  • Canopy Piloting Freestyle –  Bronze team medal. Congratulations Leigh Mccormack, Shane Onis & Sean Haysom.
  • Canopy Piloting – Bronze team medal. Congratulations Richo Healey,  Leigh Mccormack & Sean Haysom.
  • Wingsuit Performance – Speed Task – Gold medal – Tahi Paul-Munroe.
  • Wingsuit Perfomance – Time Task – Bronze medal – Luke Rogers
  • Wingsuit Perfomance – Distance Task – Bronze medal – Luke Rogers
  • Wingsuit Perfomance – Overall – Bronze medal – Luke Rogers
  • 4 way Vertical Formation Skydiving – Silver medal – Focus. Congratulations Mark Gazley (video), Tim Golsby-Smith, James Cooper, Kyle Chick and Kim Hopwood!
  • Speed Skydiving – Bronze team medal. Congratulations Shane Turner, Natisha Dingle & Bruno Chagas.
  • Speed Skydiving (female) – Gold medal – Natisha Dingle

RECORDS

  • Natisha Dingle set 2 x new Speed Skydiving World Records (female category) – 491.99 km/hour (highest speed) and highest average speed across 8 jumps – 478.18 km/hour.
  • Vertical Formation Skydiving team, Focus, set 2 x new Oceanian records for the longest sequence in 4-way Vertical Formation Skydiving; building 25 formations, and highest average score over 10 rounds (19 points). Congratulations Mark Gazley (video), Tim Golsby-Smith, James Cooper, Kyle Chick and Kim Hopwood!
  • Fiona Jansen set 3 x new Australian records in Wingsuit Performance, for the longest flight time (female) 80.5 seconds, the fastest speed (female), 248.5 km/h, and the furthest distance (female), 3176m.
  • Shane Turner set 2 x new Oceanian Speed Skydiving records –  518.68 km/hour (highest speed) and highest average speed across 8 jumps – 507.34 km/hour.
  • Luke Rogers set a new Oceanian & Australian record in Wingsuit Performance, in the ‘time task’ – 107.3 seconds.
  • Australian Canopy Formation team, Line Burns, set a new Oceanian record for the longest sequence in 2-way sequential Canopy Formation; building 15 formations. Congratulations Tommaso Liccioili Watson, Martin Letch & Matthew Muth!