Skydiving Champion Emma Beyer
Emma Beyer is not Britain’s most famous world champion, but she is one of the most glamorous. Freefall skydiving from 10,500ft has a romance of its own, but the 33-year-old from Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, is also a former model and is seeking work high above the Hollywood hills, where few superstars dare to go.
Two of Beyer’s three gold medal-winning team-mates from last summer’s World Championships in Germany have done stunt work. Amanda Kemp was Angelina Jolie’s body double in Tomb Raider 2 and Julia Foxwell played Halle Berry’s more hair-raising moments in the James Bond film Die Another Day.
“The things they got up to on set were far more dangerous than anything we do in our everyday lives skydiving,” Beyer said. “It was a lot of fun and, because we do so much training in California, those sorts of opportunities do come up.”
Just as well because Beyer has remortgaged and let her house to fund her sport. She estimates that her annual skydiving bill exceeds £100,000. “It’s been worth it, but without sponsorship the well soon runs dry,” she said.
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