Free immersion (FIM) is an
AIDA International freediving
Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode 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 breat ...
discipline in which the freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent.
Performances may be done ''head first'' or ''feet first'' during the descent, or a combination of the two.
The current record holders are Petar Klovar (Croatia) with a depth o
132m (433 feet)(CMAS rules), set on 6 Oct 2022 in Kaş, Antalya, Turkey,
Alexey Molchanov (Russia) with a depth of 132 meters (433 feet) (AIDA rules), set on 21 July 2023 in
Dean's Blue Hole,
Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...
, and among female freedivers Sayuri Kinoshita (Japan) with 97 meters (318 feet), set on 26 July 2018 in the
Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...
(CMAS rules), Fatima Korok (Hungary), set on 26 July 2023 in the
Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...
(102m, AIDA rules).
See also
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References
External links
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World Record for William Trubridge "Free Immersion" -121 m (396,98 ft){{Underwater diving
Competitive apnea disciplines