Hang Gliding
The FAI Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission (CIVL) conducts FAI's hang gliding and paragliding activities, in particular World Records and International Competitions.
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Featured Athlete
Christian Ciech
Italy
Christian Ciech is one of the most consistent and successful pilots in competition hang gliding. He has held FAI European and World Championship titles at the same time, and has also won numerous FAI team gold medals.
He learnt to fly in 1988 when he was 17. "I ...
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Corinna Schwiegershausen
Germany
Corinna Schwiegershausen was born in Bremen, Germany in 1972 and took up hang gliding in 1991. She has been FAI Women's World Hang Gliding Champion four times.
"My father started the sport and I immediately wanted to go flying as well," she has said. "It just fe...
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