Walter Steyn is an Australian competitive
freediver
Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving is a form of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear.
Besides the limits of breath- ...
, freediving judge and freediving instructor. He has set 33 Australian national freediving records and currently holds six.
Records
Steyn's current national records (world ranking bracketed) are:
*106 m (Constant Weight), 16 April 2011 at the Vertical Blue 2011 Competition at
Dean's Blue Hole
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Dean's Blue Hole is a blue hole located in The Bahamas in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island and is the world's second deepest, after the Dragon Hole in the South China Sea, with a depth of .
Formation
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, Bahamas;
*215 m (Dynamic With Fins), 15 August 2009 at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic centre, Sydney;
*175 m (Dynamic No Fins), 14 August 2008 at the Wellington Winter Championships;
*74 m (Constant weight no fins), 14 April 2011 at the Vertical Blue 2011 Competition at
Dean's Blue Hole
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Dean's Blue Hole is a blue hole located in The Bahamas in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island and is the world's second deepest, after the Dragon Hole in the South China Sea, with a depth of .
Formation
A blue hole is a water ...
, Bahamas;
*8:01 (Static), 6 May 2011 at Kona, Hawaii USA;
Activities
Steyn is an AIDA accredited freediving judge and has judged several international competitions and world record attempts.
References
Australian freedivers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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