Loïc Leferme (28 August 1970 – 11 April 2007) was a French diver who was the world

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record holder until 2 October 2005, when he was surpassed by

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in 1990 with Roland Specker and Claude Chapuis in Nice. In 2002 he set the world free diving record without any breathing apparatus at 162 meters. His first world record was 137 meters (1999). On 30 October 2004, he extended his own world record to 171 meters in the no limits

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category.Loïc Leferme bat le record du monde de plongée en apnée à 171 mètres de profondeur
/ref> The premier advocate of this type of freediving which has come to be known as Chapuis Style Freediving. He died during a private training session in

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when his equipment failed and he did not reach the surface in time. He was in training for a planned record attempt in July 2007.

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1970 births 2007 deaths Sportspeople from Dunkirk French freedivers Sport deaths in France Underwater diving deaths {{France-sport-bio-stub

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