Professional skydiver from Tennessee dies in hard landing into Racine County pond

A professional skydiver from Tennessee died Sunday when he made a hard landing into a pond in Racine County, officials said.

The man, 36, was practicing for the skydiving national championship, which is set to begin this week in Racine County, the Racine County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

Sheriff's deputies and paramedics responded about 11:30 a.m. to the pond next to Skydive Midwest in the village of Yorkville, according to the release.

Fellow skydivers took the man out of the pond and he was not conscious. Deputies and paramedics from Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department could not revive him and he died at the scene, the release said.

The man was doing training runs for the upcoming competition alongside several other professional skydivers, the release said.

"It appears the victim was descending at the wrong angle for the practice run, resulting in the pond landing," the release said.

The sheriff's office didn't release the name of the man pending family notification.

In June, two women suffered life-threatening injuries while tandem skydiving at the same Racine County facility, Skydive Midwest.

Their parachute was deployed, but they lost control about 20 or 30 feet from the ground and crashed, the sheriff's office said.

The U.S. Parachute Association National Championships are set to begin Sept. 3 at Skydive Midwest.

Canopy piloting, one of several events in the competition, will take place at Skydive Midwest through Sept. 7. The remainder of the events will take place at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois and will run through Sept. 21.

Contact reporter Sophie Carson at (414) 223-5512 or scarson@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @SCarson_News.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Tennessee skydiver dies in hard landing into pond in Racine County