World champion skydiver Pierre Wolnik has died after a parachute malfunction during a jump over a mountain. He was 37. Wolnik, a wingsuit skydiver and two-time French freefly world champion, jumped from a helicopter for a freefall in the Mont Blanc massif, a mountain range in the French Alps, on Saturday, February 7, according to French outlets Le Figaro, TF1 Info and Le Dauphiné Libéré. Wolnik's parachute failed to open when he approached the ground, which resulted in his death, the outlets reported. The skydiver's body was found in the village of Les Bossons, in the Chamonix valley.