Leonardo D'Imporzano (born March 19, 1982, in

La Spezia La Spezia (, or ; ; , in the local ) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguria ...

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) is an Italian

free-diver 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 ...

, 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 ...

Judge, underwater journalist, researcher conservationist, and

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. Pioneer of freediving under ice, he achieves the best performance under ice in Dynamic without fins at Smeraldo Lake in

Val di Non The Non Valley ( or ; Nones: ''Val de Nòn''; ; ) is a valley mainly in the Trentino. Moreover, the (also known as simply , in italian), a subregion, consists of three primarily German-speaking municipalities in the province of South Tyrol, No ...

(

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...

, Italy) 24 February 2008 with 43 metres. With his team he has carried out in hyperbaric and diving medicine research, with the first-ever electrocardiogram under ice and the deepest electrocardiogram.

Underwater journalist

In the 2013, he was the first journalist "embedded" to follow the "Corso Ordinario Palombari" (the Italian Navy Diver) since its founding 165 years ago. From the first day until the end of 44 weeks. From this experience he wrote the book "PALOMBiRO. Pagine dal fondo". (Magenes 2014).

Books

He wrote: "L’Orecchio del Subacqueo" (IRECO). 2010 "Le Cinque Terre con le pinne" (Magenes) "SubPuntoCom" Ebook. "PALOMBiRO. Pagine dal fondo". (Magenes)

Media work

D'Imporzano also writes and contributes in more than 600 articles of magazines and he's a speaker in shows and conferences on the topic of freediving and environmental protection.

Other activities

He has flown in zero gravity with

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(European Space Agency) during the 60th "Zero G", Esa's flight campaign in Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport

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by the company Novespace

Awards

He has received awards from Comune di

Lerici Lerici (, locally ) is a ''comune'' in the province of La Spezia, in the Italian region of Liguria, part of the Italian Riviera. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia, southeast of La Spezia. It is known as the place where t ...

, La Spezia (Italy) for his sport activity, from the International Festival "ImagOrbetello" – Osservare – Impressionare – Sorprendere", the Special Prize for "Man of Sports and Culture. For his commitment to the Promotion and Protection of the Territory Coastal. From Uisp - attività subacqueethe Diploma in "Duilio Marcante Prize", "For significant contributions to the preservation of human life in the water". The "Tridente d'oro" or the year 2018, becoming member of the International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Techniques.

References

External links

Official website

Official Telegram Channel
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environmental organization

his blog on the most popular italian's newspaper
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