Jean-Marc Boivin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French multiple extreme sports participant
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Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Jean-Marc Boivin
- Jean-Marc Boivin (6 April 1951 – 17 February 1990) was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, award-winning film maker, and author.
- The holder of several altitude records for hang gliding and paragliding, the creator of numerous first ascents and first ski descents in the Alps, a member of the team that broke the record for a sub-glacial dive and the first person to paraglide from the summit of Mount Everest, Boivin was a pioneer of extreme sports.
- He died from injuries incurred after BASE jumping off Angel Falls in Venezuela, the highest waterfall in the world.
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