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Orlando Duque

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Categories: Motivation Sports | Leadership

Colombian cliff diving star Orlando Duque is a champion many times over and a genuine legend of his sport. He has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records on two occasions.

Orlando Duque started out diving in swimming pools but quickly became tired of the regimented scene. Diving off cliffs seemed more of a challenge!

With an extraordinary natural talent, Orlando Duque has won 13 world titles in total: nine Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series events, FINA High Diving World Champion (2013), FINA High Diving World Cup winner twice (2014 and 2015) and the first ever overall champion of Red Bull Cliff Diving.

He has also been immortalised in the film 9 Dives, which includes the highest jump of his career to date: a 34m descent off a bridge in Italy. On top of that, Orlando Duque has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records on two occasions, one of them when he achieved a perfect 10 at the 2000 World Championships. When not leaping from the world’s gnarliest cliffs, Orlando lives in Hawaii.

Orlando Duque retired from the Red Bull Cliff Diving Word Series in 2019 after an emotional farewell performance at the season finale in Bilbao, Spain.

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High Diver

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Orlando Duque, the Colombian with the characteristic ponytail, is the most successful cliff jumper in the world. The 13-time world champion, born in Colombia, takes a look back at his youth in Cali, and takes us on an adventure tour around the world: from jumping like burning fire in an adventure park, to the heights of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, 27 meters above a water surface that does not forgive any mistakes.

Finding joy in our biggest fear | Orlando Duque | TEDxToulouse
Así fue el salto que coronó a Orlando Duque

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