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Herbert Nitsch. Herbert Nitsch (born 20 April 1970) is an Austrian freediver, the current freediving world record champion, and "the deepest man on earth" [1] having dived to a depth of 253.2 meters (831 feet). Nitsch has held 34 world records in all of the eight freediving disciplines recognised by AIDA International and one in the traditional ...
Occupation. Professional Freediver. Alessia Zecchini (born 30 June 1992) is an Italian freediver who has set world and Italian records in freediving. [ 1][ 2] At the age of 13, Zecchini completed her first federal apnea course in A.s.d. "Apnea Blu Mare". In 2009 she changed clubs and became an athlete of Dive Free Roma and Nuoto Belle Arti.
The current no-limit world record holder is Herbert Nitsch with a depth of 214 metres (702 ft) set on 9 June 2007, in Spetses, Greece, however, in a subsequent dive on 6 June 2012 in Santorini, Greece to break his own record, he went down to 253.2 metres (831 ft) and suffered severe decompression sickness immediately afterwards and subsequently retired from competitive events.
Death diving. Death Diving is a form of extreme freestyle high diving jumping with stretched arms and belly first, landing in either a cannonball or a pike position. Classic death diving, also known in Norwegian as "Dødsing" (lit. "deathing"), was invented by guitarist Erling Bruno Hovden at Frognerbadet during the summer of 1969.
Alexey Molchanov. Alexey Molchanov ( Russian: Алексей Олегович Молчанов, born 6 March 1987) is a Russian champion freediver, multiple world champion ( AIDA and CMAS ), world record holder, and freediving promoter. He is also president of the "Freediving Federation" association, head of freediving school named in honor of ...
Natalia Vadimovna Molchanova ( Russian: Наталья Вадимовна Молчанова; 8 May 1962 – 2 August 2015) was a Russian champion freediver, multiple world record holder, and the former president of the Russian Free Dive Federation. Described as "possibly the world’s greatest freediver," Molchanova set an unparalleled ...
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course meters: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
William Trubridge. William Trubridge MNZM (born 24 May 1980) is a New Zealand world champion and world record holding freediver . Trubridge was the first diver to go deeper than 100 metres (330 ft) without oxygen and as of 2013 held the world record in the free immersion and constant weight without fins disciplines. [1]