Branko Petrovic (inofficial WR Holder in static) new blog

[Dr.Freedive]

Hi guys I would like to post the blog of Branko Petrovic whom I helped make his new blog
http://brankofreediver.blogspot.com

Hello fellow Freedivers​

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I would like to make an introductory post about myself.​

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My name is Branko Petrović. I was born in Split, and now I live in Belgrade, Serbia. As a Serbian I had the oppurtunity to practice different forms of apnea since an early age. I have been spearfish professionaly since the age of sixteen, which has allowed me to develop a perfect adaptation to the aquatic world. Since five years I practice Apnea as a sport discipline. I have started to practise Apnea more and more seriously and am looking to quit spearfishing entirely and become a full time professional freediver. ​

I would like to show you some of my performances and tell you a bit about how I achieved them.​

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I am World champion and World Record Holder recognised by the federation of CMAS since September 2011 with a time of 9'32''.​

On this picture you can see Aleix Segura Vendrell (second place on WC static) and me with my saefty.

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My time of 9'32'' was the best time achieved in a CMAS competition up to
date.




This picture shows me and my fellow competitors on the podium of the CMAS WC.


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I achieved the best time at a competion ever at the 7th Submania Cup in Croatia, last November with a time of 10'23''.

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I did a National record of Serbia with a time of 12'11'' during an individual record attempt this january. This is the best time ever achieved in this discipline. Only because there was no Level A judge present it is not recognised as an official World Record.​

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This is a video of my 12'11'' static​

Here you can see three different cameras recording my static performance at the same time.
This way you can follow every movement through the entire time.
For me this was at the time an relatively easy static as I was doing substancially more during training at the time. I made this attempt to demonstrate what I can do and also to show a good surface protocol. I didn't achieve an official WR because the jugde was not certified to judge with WR status.​

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Here some pictures from the competiton in Dubai where I placed third​

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As the pool was quite cold it had a big impact on performances.​

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During practice days I was always the one with the best time thus finishing the first day of competion as first.
On the subsequent day of competition I did not show my best, so I placed third in the end. Which is good because I learned that each one of us can have a bad day!
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[Dr.Freedive]

Me demonstrating my thoraic flexibility:

On this picture you can see something I developed. I was not born with this ability but I developed it by practice. I found this extremly usefull durind deep dives as well as during full exhale deep dives.
At this moment my chest is even more flexibile aloving me to pack up to 7.5l of extra air.


My other competitons:

This is one of competitions where I set NR, and was anounced as best male athlete.
Also my saefty Milina Stanojevic, won two medals and was Anounced as best female competitor.




This picture is from a competition in static apnea, held in a lake. with very hard conditions.
But still friends from my team and me managed to take two gold and two silwer medals.
I also set a NR.



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This was the begining of my experiments with different systmens of training.
After one month I increased my time over one minute and did 8:18min.








This picture shows me doing an interview




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My Upcoming documentary:​

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CV production started a documentary movie about Apnea, with main focus on my progress, competitions I attend and people I train. I do this in order to bring closer this wonderfull sport to more people around the world and also to show that we are far away from our real limits.



I thank a lot to my Sponsors: Trygons and Polo Sub​

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After settting of NR 12:11