posted Mar 7th, 2012 - Michel Lemay is one of the most humble Formation Skydiving competitors in the history of the sport. He has been competing for over 30 years and is still performing on the top level in the world. His team Evolution placed 5th at the World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia, with a 24.0 average.

He has created a unique 4way team that will most likely never be copied again: Evolution consits of him and his three sons, Martin, Vincent and Benoit.

Despite his athletic excellence and achievements and his great success in running a professional skydiving operation in Canada it will be difficult to find him easily. He is the calm soul in the background.

World Meet 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Class	10,7,12	3,11,5	J,M,Q,P,L	19,1,13	N,18,20	K,17,8	2,15,H	4,D,6	O,E,9,G	22,B,16	Total	Avg
1	France	21	22	56	20	22	24	22	24	40	26	277	27.7
2	USA	22	21	53	23	20	24	23	25	40	23	274	27.4
3	Russia	19	21	56	21	19	21	23	22	41	21	264	26.4
4	Belgium	21	21	55	20	17	20	23	22	36	18	253	25.3
5	Canada	19	19	51	20	18	22	21	21	31	18	240	24.0
6	Italy	19	19	49	16	20	17	21	19	37	19	236	23.6

He made his first skydive in 1978 and was 19 years old at the time. Skydiving had been on his mind for quite some time: "When I was a young kid, I was watching a TV Series called Flying Man. The show was about two heroes jumping out of C-182 geared with old military surplus, cheap canopies and front-mounted reserves completing various missions. Their skydiving skills was at the base of their success."

He survived his first 35 skydives with military surplus equipment and changed to his own "high performance round canopy", a Para-Commander. It was unthinkable in the late 70’s to jump a square: "It was out of the question until you had at least 100 jumps..." He remembers that eventually one of his instructors offered him to try his square canopy on a beautiful Sunday: "I was now to my 135th jump. One jump with it was enough to get me addicted more than ever to skydiving. I wanted a square canopy. In fact, I needed a square canopy, and I needed it at that moment..."

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