Nicolas Ivanoff

Nicolas Ivanoff competed in arguably the most nerve-shredding sport I can think of, threading an aircraft through pylons at the Red Bull Air Race wearing number seven. The nickname, The Quick Corsican, is pure theatre, and I love that a man from Ajaccio, Napoleon's island, found his battlefield in the sky. What earns my respect is the discipline beneath the spectacle. He's also a flying instructor, which tells me this is precision and cold nerve, not mere daredevilry. Athletes who turn fear into craft fascinate me, and Ivanoff strikes me as exactly that rare blend of audacity and control.

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Name (English)

Nicolas Ivanoff

Name (Japanese)

ニコラス・イワノフ

Reading

にこらす・いわのふ

Born

July 4, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France

Occupation

aircraft pilot

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

• Official sitehttps://www.nicolasivanoff.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nicolasivanoff/
• Xhttps://x.com/nicolasivanoff
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Ivanoff
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AF%E3%83%8E%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376306

Tags

• Corse-du-Sud
• aircraft pilot

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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