| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for United States | ||
| Women's Parachuting | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2000 Toba, Japan | Overall Individual Style and Accuracy |
Cheryl Stearns is an American skydiver. Stearns is noted for having won the Bronze Medal in Women's Overall Individual Style and Accuracy at the XXV World Parachuting Championships in Japan in 2000 .[1] Stearns is also noted for the most total parachute jumps made by a woman—15,560 jumps as of August 2003 [2]--as well as the most parachute jumps made in a 24 hour period by a woman—352 jumps from November 8–9, 1995 .[3] More recently, Stearns has been involved in a project--StratoQuest--which endeavors to break Joseph Kittinger's long-standing record for the highest altitude parachute jump ever, with a jump from at least 110,000 feet. Stearns made her first jump in 1971 at the age of 17 and is currently a pilot for US Airways .[4]