Nanja van den Broek (born 4 November 1975) is a Dutch world record holder
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- ...
in the discipline Variable Weight.
Freedive career
Nanja van den Broek started freediving in 2001 and in her first competition she immediately set two national records, in the disciplines static and dynamic with fins.
On 31 May 2014, she was the first Dutch male or female to make a freedive to -100 meters (in the discipline No Limits).
On 18 October 2015, she set a new world record in the discipline Variable Weight with a dive to -130 meters. She was the first to break a record of the late
Natalia Molchanova. This record is also her 30th national record.
References
External links
official websitemovie of world record Nanja van den Broek
1975 births
Living people
People from Hillegom
Sportspeople from South Holland
Freedivers
21st-century Dutch women
Dutch sportswomen
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