What is Valery Rozov?
[[File:RozovValery4-cropped.JPG|thumb|Valery Rozov in 2007]] '''Valery Rozov''' (December 26, 1964 – November 11, 2017) was a Russian [[BASE jumper]]. He was born in [[Nizhny Novgorod]], Russia. On May 5, 2013, Rozov set a world record when he jumped off [[Changtse]] (the north peak of the [[Mount Everest]] massif) from a height of 7,220 metres (23,690&nbsp;ft). He glided down to the [[Rongbuk glacier]] more than 1,000 meters below.<ref>{{cite news|title=Daredevil makes record-breaking leap from Mount Everest|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/10085870/Watch-record-breaking-Everest-base-jump-filmed-on-daredevils-helmet-camera.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-date=29 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529132113/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/10085870/Watch-record-breaking-Everest-base-jump-filmed-on-daredevils-helmet-camera.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rozov died on 11 November 2017 while jumping from a height of 6,812 meters (22,349&nbsp;ft) off [[Ama Dablam]] mountain in [[Nepal]] at the age of 52.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Basejumper Rosow stirbt bei Sprung aus 7000 Metern|url=http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/basejumping-walerij-rosow-stirbt-bei-sprung-vom-ama-dablam-a-1177607.html|magazine=Der Spiegel|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rozov, Valery}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]] [[Category:BASE jumpers]] [[Category:Deaths in sport]] [[Category:Russian sportspeople]] [[Category:People from Nizhny Novgorod]]