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Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner has been convicted of assault for punching a Greek lorry driver in the face in a road rage incident.

The 43-year-old had appealed against the conviction for assault over the incident two years ago but today a three-judge appeals panel confirmed the verdict - meaning that former professional boxer Baumgartner now has a conviction for violence.

He was warned that he could have faced jail for the incident, in his home town of Salzburg, Austria, but in the end he was fined 1,500 euros.

The victim, named only as Dimitrios P, 38, for legal reasons, told Austrian media that the punch came "out of the blue" when he met Baumgartner on 30th September 2010.

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He said the sky diver had acted in an arrogant manner and felt that he did not need to follow the same rules as everybody else on the road.

He said: "I was waiting at a roundabout and there were about 4 cars in front of me. He didn't want to wait and overtook us all and then of course got wedged on the roundabout.

"The other driver that was involved was his photographer – and he felt that he could also do the same and he followed Mr Baumgartner, at which point I decided to have a word with the photographer.

"Mr Baumgertner decided that it was his job to get involved and he tried to claim I had attacked him and it was self defence, but that is madness. There were two of them. The reality is that he punched me full in the face with his fist and left me with a cut.

"There was blood everywhere. I never tried to conceal anything at the court – I admitted that I had tried to kick him but it was only in retaliation. He was just acting the tough guy and showing off and making himself into the hero, but he isn't a hero at all."

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He said that he was not surprised that the court had confirmed the conviction as nothing new had been presented by the other side, adding he was pleased people could now see what the star was really like.

The lorry driver said that after hitting him, Baumgartner had climbed into his car and driven off.

In the original trial the court chose to believe the version of events put forward by the Greek man rather than that of Baumgartner and the German photographer.

Baumgartner was not be present during the court case as he is currently on a tour talking about his adventures.