Kinsey Wolanski, who gained fame for streaking during the 2019 Champions League final, has shifted careers to become a fully qualified pilot and skydiver. Six years after the incident at Liverpool's 2-0 win over Tottenham, she now shares cockpit videos and reflects on her past.
In 2019, Kinsey Wolanski disrupted the UEFA Champions League final at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid by running naked across the pitch during Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. The stunt, watched by around 63,000 spectators, promoted her adult website and paused the game briefly. Performed for her then-partner, YouTuber Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, it drew criticism from players and led to her arrest, with five hours spent in a Spanish prison cell.
The exposure skyrocketed her Instagram followers from 300,000 to over two million, turning her into a viral sensation. Now 29, Wolanski has left that chapter behind, embracing aviation. She is a certified skydiver and pilot, trained on planes and helicopters.
Wolanski detailed her pilot training: "I flew for 112 hours before taking my final check ride exam. You have to pass three exams. An intense written exam, an oral exam on the ground, and lastly, the in-flight exam. This entire process took me one and a half years."
Her skydiving has not been without risks; in 2020, a windy jump caused her to drop 20 feet, breaking her ankle. On her relationship with Vitaly, who streaked at the 2014 World Cup final, she said: "Vitaly’s a great guy, we were best friends and we had the same career, so it was really easy to have our goals aligned. But there’s only one star in the show; once I got my career, that was really hard on Vitaly, it wasn’t like that split equal time — it got weird and competitive."
Fans have praised her evolution from controversy to skilled aviator.