Chris McDougall
{{Short description|Australian skydiver (born 1976)}}
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| occupation = Keynote speaker, professional skydiver, BASE jumper, wingsuit pilot
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| height = 183cm
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| website = www.douggs.com / www.learntobasejump.com
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Chris "Douggs" McDougall (born 17 April 1976) is an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper and wingsuit pilot. He is also founder of a BASE jump school "Learn to BASE jump".
Career
McDougall is a professional BASE jumper with more than 4,300 BASE jumps in 42 countries.[http://www.douggs.com Official site of Chris "Douggs" McDougall]{{better source needed|date=December 2023}}
BASE jumping accomplishments
- 2013 World record for most BASE jumpers jumping indoors
- 2013 1st place in World Extreme BASE Championships, Spain
- 2013 1st place in Accuracy Competitions in both Turkey and China
- 2013 First ever BASE jumps in Kuwait from Al Hamra Tower
- 2012 World first Night Human Slingshot, Dubai
- 2011 2nd place in World BASE Championships
- 2008 UK ProBase 'Who's The Daddy': Overall Champion
- 2003/04 BASE jumping World Champion: 1st place Aerobatics, 1st place Team, 1st place Overall
McDougall has completed more than 7,200 skydives around the world. He is a 6 times national champion and former world record holder. He is advanced in all aspects of skydiving including free flying, relative work, canopy relative work, wingsuit flying, skydiving coaching & instructing, tandem skydiving and aerial camera flying.[http://www.douggs.com Official site of Chris "Douggs" McDougall]{{better source needed|date=December 2023}}
Skydiving accomplishments
- 1998-2003 6 time National Skydiving Champion in 4 way and 8 way RW
- 2001-2003 Australian team member for World Championships
- 2002 World Record 300 way Skydive
- 12 Gold medals in various state events
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{{cite web |url=http://www.learntobasejump.com/ |title=Home |website=learntobasejump.com}}
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