Tampa Skydiver Wins Gold at Collegiate Championships

LAKE WALES, FL – Tampa native Zachary Wolf won multiple gold medals last week at the 2017 U.S. Parachute Association National Collegiate Parachuting Championships.

Wolf is a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Held at the Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales, the competition is the oldest and biggest collegiate skydiving event in the world. More than 80 collegiate skydivers from around the country competed for the title of national champion in four skydiving disciplines: Formation Skydiving, Vertical Formation Skydiving, Sport Accuracy and Classic Accuracy.

Wolf and his teammate won gold in the two-way vertical formation skydiving event. In that event, team members fly on upright and upside-down axis to build as many formations as possible in time. The duo was fresh off its gold-medal win in the advanced class at the U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships in September.

Wolf also won gold in masters sport accuracy, as well as the team sport accuracy event. In this event, skydivers try to land their parachutes as close as possible to a target while flying across the ground at high speeds.

Wolf is a senior majoring in biology. He has completed more than 700 skydives.

Video via USPA