ABOUT GARY

Gary Hunt

GARY HUNT
Born: June 11, 1984
Birthplace: Southampton, Great Britain
Sports: Cliff Diving.

Sporting Successes
2010 Winner of Cliff Diving World Series
2010 1st Cliff Diving, La Rochelle,
Yucatán, Kragerø and Sisikon
2009 2nd Overall Cliff Diving World Series
2009 1st Cliff Diving, Hamburg,
Germany and Athens, Greece

When did you start cliff diving and why?
In 2006, I was competing in the 10m synchro diving event at the European Championships and my coach got a call from Steve Black - he needed a diver for a show he was doing in Venice. So, I began there at 18 m, and continued on from that.

How do you prepare for a contest? lots of training in the 10m pool…

Favourite cliff-diving spot Bled, Slovenia

Favourite dive back 1.5 piked from 10m

Take on life be uncomplicated and laid-back 

3 characteristics that best describe you A
life lived in fear is a life half lived 

If you could choose any super power, what would you go for? The power to conjure up anything from nothing 

If you were given one free wish, what would you want? I'd like to have the power I just mentioned 

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Your childhood hero Dimitry Sautin (Russian 10m diver)

If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Buy a fast car and a big house with a gym and a swimming pool 

If you could live anywhere on this planet, where would you want to live? England in summer, then travel around the world following the sun 

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be and why? That's tough… I'd be a bird, if I could be something else, so I could fly around for a day. But if it has to be a person, I think someone like Bill Gates, so I could make a big donation to myself. haha

Your perfect day Lots of sunshine, a frisbee, all my friends, and maybe a cliff I can dive off.

The most important thing in your life? my friends and my family

What should people remember when they think of you? he's a level-headed person who maybe tries things that are a little crazy  

For me, the Red Bull Cliff Diving Series is … an opportunity for me to push my limits and be the best high diver I can be.