World-champion paraglider Ewa Wisnierska was an athlete of serious skill and strength. She was a woman of extreme passion and super competitiveness who would not stop until she was at the best at her game. However, in 2007, an accident left her fighting for her life.
After Ewa Wisnierska practiced with a team of paragliders in Australia, a huge storm came in, leaving Ewa no choice but to switch on ultimate survival mode. This one fateful day in Ewa’a career was in serious threat of turning her lifelong dream into a dark and dangerous nightmare.
Ewa was about to be part of such a shocking accident that those who have heard the tale since have been gripped in astonished horror. It really was a remarkable encounter. This is Ewa’s tale of one woman’s strength and bravery, so terrifying to imagine that it can put hairs on the chest of any tough soul. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Ewa Wisnierska.
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World-champion paraglider Ewa Wisnierska was one of the top competitors in the world. As a member of the German national team, Ewa had her whole career in front of her, with eyes always set on continuing to be the best paraglider in the world.
Boy did she have the guts to do so. With her strength and bravery, there was nothing that was going to stop her from continuing her success in the sport – but if there was something to put the brakes on, it was in Australia 2007.
