Deepest freedivers of the world

[f3dive]

Dave Mullins has done a 92mtr CW with a mono the last couple of days and will be attempting the 100mtr mark soon. All the best with your attempt Dave.

 

[H.Balázs]

Dave Mullins has done 90m yesterday in Dahab extremely easy, new official NR. Tomorow he will try 100m...

Balázs

 

[BennyB]

Wow! Where'd he sneak in from? Fantastic to see another diver get into the 90+ club, even better that he's from my side of the pond

Well done Dave!

 

[H.Balázs]

I heard that his DYF pb is 220 meters!!

Balázs

 

[f3dive]

BennyB, you Aussies try to lay claim all the time.
Word from Dave this morning is the new official New Zealand CW record is 90mtrs. Well done.
Dave has been competitive freediving for several years on the local scene. He is an accomplished spearo, holding at least one WR for spearing a marlin. (sorry can't give more details) He normally doesn't say alot but get him near the water and he is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
I hope you shake your bug Dave to get the chance at some more dives before you come home to the freezing southerlies.

 

[john wright]

Gongratulations on your new NZ record Dave sounds like you are doing some awesome dives,good luck and I hope you get to 100m.
I haven't being around for a while but have followed everbodies progress from a far and hope to be in Wellington for the comp in Oct.

John wright

 

[H.Balázs]

He made it 2 hours ago...

 

[Mullins]

Yes, successful 100m dive today. Thanks for your earlier vote of confidence H.Balazs!

 

[john wright]

What a great achievement Dave,congratulations!!!!! you have joined a club that few freedivers can belong to, also over the last week have taken the NZ record from 82m to 100m.........john

 

[wjohnson100]

Quick way to verify this list at least through the end of 2006 would be to download all the AIDA ranking lists and check them. They are not complete but still a pretty good source.

Walt

 

[Jorg]

you would miss a lot of national record attempts/worl records. For example the 100 meter dive from Dave will not be in the ranking list as the ranking list only contains competitions.

 

[wjohnson100]

Thanks, I stand corrected.

Walt

 

[cebaztian]

Re: 33 and counting

UPDATE - Theo Ivanovic joins the ranks of 80 meter divers.

Ratio between mono and bifins dives seems to be about 1.2

Freediver that have been past 65 with bifins. (31)
(training and competition, according to the rule "of the day")

Pipin Fereras
Jaques Mayol
Umberto Pelizzari
Brett le Master
Martin Stepanek
Alexandro Ravelo
Michel Olivia
Manolis Gyiankos
Herbert Nitsch
Michael Pradon
Tanya Streeter
Pierre Frolla
Carrera
Battaglia
Patrick Musimu
Stephane Mifsud
Kirk Krack
Trevor Hutton
Mandy Cruickshank
Deborah Andollo
Tom Lightfoot
Frederic Buyle
Eric Charrier
Wolfram Neugebauer
Stavros Kastrinakis
Panos Lianos
Giorgos Giorgas
Mark Harris
Tom Sietas
Jonas Krahn

Freedivers that has passed 80 meters with fins (33).
(training and competition, according to the rule "of the day")

Umberto Pelizzari
Brett Le Master
Eric Fattah
Herbert Nitsch
Martin Stepanek
Guilaume Nery
Carlos Coste
Alun George
Bevan Dewar
Ryuzo Shinomiya
Will Winram
Natalja Molchanova
Alejandro Ravelo
Gianluca Genoni
Patrick Musimu
Manolis Gyankos
Johan Dahlström
Mandy Cruickshank
Sebastien Murat
Ant Williams
Dave Mullins
Walter Steyn
Timo Kinnunen
Peter Pedersen
Timo Jattu
Juraj Karpis
Alexey Molchanova
Kazuaki
Nao Yuki
Thomas Grindewold
William Trubridge
Giacomo de mola
Krisijan Curavic
Theo Ivanovic


PS. 5 of these 64 performances are done by women

 

[AltSaint]

Re: 33 and counting

HerbertKirk Krack

OMG. The unthinkable has happened. :inlove

 

[trux]

OK 100 meter list demanded.

111 m Herbert Nitsch
109 m Guillaume Néry
108 m Martin Štìpánek
105 m Carlos Coste
Sebastien Murat ?

More interesting. Who will be the next?

Well, i believe there was at least Dave Mullins (New Zealand) and Juraj Karpis (Slovakia) who joined the 100m club, but recently there is another new member - Ryuzo Shinomiya. According to VerticalBlue's website, he is the seventh member of the 100m club.

More details at William Trubridge News and at :: Ryuzo Apnea Blog | ¡Ý£±£°£°£í¡¡Club¡¡Æþ²ñ :: (or an online translation link)

So the complete list, as far as I know is now:

112 m Herbert Nitsch (Austria)
110 m Dave Mullins (New Zealand)
109 m Guillaume Néry (France)
108 m Martin Štěpánek (Czech Rep.)
105 m Carlos Coste (Venezuela)
101 m Juraj Karpiš (Slovakia)
101 m Ryuzo Shinomiya (Japan)

As a born Czechoslovak, I can't resist noting that the former Czechoslovakia is recently the only country with two 100+ m freedivers (Martin and Juraj). Well, one could also claim that the former Austrian Monarchy (which included recent Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia too) has three 100m freedivers, but that's already a rather long shot

 

[Billextreme]

In most of the 16th and the 17th century the Swedish Empire incl half Europe.

:friday

/B

 

[Bill]

Is now a good time to add Andy Norlander to the list? Kona resident and PFI team member. He did 80 (the max allowed) on his first competition dive and five dives in six attempts 'to the sand' (83-84 depending on tide) in the last month or so. It will be interesting to see what he does in Cayman next month if he gets a little time off to rest.

 

[laminar]

Is now a good time to add Andy Norlander to the list? Kona resident and PFI team member. He did 80 (the max allowed) on his first competition dive and five dives in six attempts 'to the sand' (83-84 depending on tide) in the last month or so. It will be interesting to see what he does in Cayman next month if he gets a little time off to rest.

Really? Wow! :friday

I remember that Andy drove up from California to volunteer at the 2004 Worlds in Vancouver. He was a really nice guy and I had no idea he had 80m+ in him. Fantastic!

 

[Mullins]

That's a wickedly fast ascent rate from Ryuzo, must be more to come...

 

[Kars]

Hehe Dave, indeed a very fast ascent
Maybe a true sprint fin is the way to go?

Less bottom time means less narcosis, less nitrogen buildup, recovery?

Anyway a nice idea to test out. I did a nice and speedy dive in Sweden, and indeed it feels great to 'fly' up, instead of creaping meter for meter...

Anyway I'm always hungry for reports from The Vertical blue preperations and competiton. How is everybody ding down there?

Kars