Loïc Leferme (28 August 1970 – 11 April 2007) was a French diver who was the world free diving record holder until 2 October 2005, when he was surpassed by Herbert Nitsch.History of World Records
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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 . His first world record was , set in 1999. On 30 October 2004, he extended his own world record to 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
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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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