David Kirke (bungee jumper)

David Kirke (born 1945) is a founding member of the Dangerous Sports Club and was the first man to perform the modern bungee jump in 1979.[1]

He studied at Wellington College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he studied English and philosophy. After a brief spell as a publisher in London, he returned to Oxford in the late 1960s and co-founded the Dangerous Sports Club with Edward Hulton.

References
  1. "World's 'first' bungee jump in Bristol captured on film – BBC News". BBC News. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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