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AJ Hackett’s girl Margaux A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK!

Defying gravity is in Olympic skier Margaux Hackett’s blood. Her father is Kiwi daredevil and bungy pioneer AJ, who launched the extreme sport to the world in 1987 by leaping off the Eiffel Tower attached to an elastic cord.

Speaking to in Wanaka, before flying to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Margaux recalls her earliest memory – leaping off a tower in Bali in tandem with her dad, becoming the youngest person to do a bungy jump at

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