Free immersion (FIM) is an

AIDA International Association Internationale pour le Développement de l'Apnée (AIDA) (English: ''International Association for the Development of Apnea'') is a worldwide rule- and record-keeping body for competitive breath holding events, also known as freedivi ...

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

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, and among female freedivers Sayuri Kinoshita (Japan) with 97 meters (318 feet), set on 26 July 2018 in the

(CMAS rules), Fatima Korok (Hungary), set on 26 July 2023 in the

(102m, AIDA rules).

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World Record for William Trubridge "Free Immersion" -121 m (396,98 ft)
{{Underwater diving Competitive apnea disciplines

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