Free Immersion
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Free Immersion is a AIDA International
freediving discipline in which the freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent.
Performances may be done head first or feet first during the descent, or a combination of the two.
The current record holders are William Trubridge
with a depth of 121m in a dive time of 4min 13s, set on April 10, 2011 in Dean's Blue Hole
, Bahamas and Natalia Molchanova
(Russia) with 85 m, set on July 27, 2008 in Crete
, Greece
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AIDA International
The International Association for Development of Apnea is the world wide rule- and record-keeping body for competitive breath holding events . It aims to set standards for safety, comparability of Official World Record attempts and freedive education...
freediving discipline in which the freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent.
Performances may be done head first or feet first during the descent, or a combination of the two.
The current record holders are William Trubridge
William Trubridge
William Trubridge is a world champion and double world record holding free-diver from New Zealand.Trubridge currently holds the world record in the Free Immersion and the Constant Weight without fins disciplines, and is the first human ever to break the 100m barrier unassisted.World Records:•...
with a depth of 121m in a dive time of 4min 13s, set on April 10, 2011 in Dean's Blue Hole
Dean's Blue Hole
Dean's Blue Hole is the world's deepest known blue hole with seawater. It plunges in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas.-History:The full depth of the cave was reached by Jim King in 1992....
, Bahamas and Natalia Molchanova
Natalia Molchanova
Natalia Molchanova , born 8 May 1962, Ufa, Russia is a Russian champion Freediver and is the current President of the Russian Freedive Federation....
(Russia) with 85 m, set on July 27, 2008 in Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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