Michal Rišian, born 23 June 1977, Martin

Martin, Slovakia

Martin is a city in northern Slovakia, situated on the Turiec river, between the Malá Fatra and Veľká Fatra mountains, near the city of Žilina. The population numbers approximately 58,000, which makes it the eighth largest city in Slovakia...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 is a Czech and Slovak freediving champion and is the current continental record holder in one of the freediving depth disciplines – Constant Weight without fins

Constant Weight without fins

Constant Weight Without Fins is an free-diving discipline in which the free-diver descends and ascends by swimming without the use of fins or without pulling on the rope or changing his ballast; only a single hold of the rope to stop the descent and to start the ascent is allowed...

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Risian is the third deepest human in constant no fins ever, with the dept of 84 meters. He was also second in the Depth World Championship in Kalamata, Greece, 2011.
So far (7.11.2011) he has 15 individual gold medals from the freediving national and international freediving competitions 1 continental and 3 national records.

External links

• Michal Rišian's painting

• Current Freediving World Records registered by Aida International
• Profile at Apneaman.cz (In Czech only)