Gary
Hunt
France
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Cliff Diving
Date of birth | 11 June 1984 |
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Place of birth | London, UK |
Age | 40 |
Nationality | France |
Career start | 2009 |
Disciplines | Cliff Diving |
"I want to break barriers and do things that no one has ever done before." Gary Hunt is certainly a man of his word, having spent over a decade now pushing the sport of cliff diving to new limits in his pursuit of success and excellence. The London-born athlete, who now represents France in competition, has amassed astonishing numbers in his unrivalled career in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series: 9 overall titles, 43 victories, and 71 podiums in 84 competitions.
The early years of Hunt’s career were primarily focused on the 3m springboard and 10m platform, with moderate success culminating in a bronze medal in the 10m Synchro event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Soon after, cliff diving came calling…