12 Facts About Ivan Kristoff

Ivan Kristoff was born on Ivan Hristov; June 6,1968 and is Bulgarian Canadian aviator and rescue worker.

Ivan Kristoff has helped improve the safety of vertical and aerial rope manoeuvres.

At the age of 15 Kristoff made his own improvised climbing tools and started rock climbing and rappelling.

Ivan Kristoff later joined caving clubs, including the Speleo Club.

Ivan Kristoff started solo climbing and joined an alpine club with the goal of escaping the communist regime.

Ivan Kristoff has completed some challenging rope access projects in the high-rise environment.

In Bulgaria Ivan Kristoff founded the first volunteer Special Operations Services Team.

Ivan Kristoff organized and completed the first aerial video surveillance with the technology of 3G and 4G in real time.

Over a one-year period, these experts, along with a representative from Hewlett-Packard Bulgaria, worked together with Ivan Kristoff to find the most advanced equipment and wireless video broadcast technology.

At the third Appreciation Day, Ivan Kristoff led the parade, along with members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other Canadian law enforcement agencies.

In 2001 Ivan Kristoff was chosen by the Toronto community as one of its "Unsung Heroes".

Ivan Kristoff's projects have appeared in publications including the Toronto Computes, Computer Player, Quebec Micro, The Athlete, Bulgarian Army Newspaper, National Post, The Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, Town Crier, Mississauga News, Mississauga Business Times, and others.