Sara Campbell is a British
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- ...
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She is the former world record holder in
free immersion (FIM) (diving to a depth of 81 m),
constant weight (CWT) (96 m) and
constant without fins (56 m). She is the "freediving face" of
The Underwater Channel
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Campbell was born in
Banbury, Oxfordshire
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to Barbara and Rob Campbell. She was educated at
Bancroft's School from 1983-1990 and studied German and Italian at
Bristol University
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'')
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Campbell was working in public relations in London,
and combining this with part-time aerobics instructing, when she decided to move to
Dahab in 2005 and set up a
yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...
holiday business.
Campbell stumbled upon freediving when one of her yoga students noticed she was very good at holding her breath.
On 2 April 2009, Sara Campbell set a new women's freediving world record in the
Bahamas
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Sara breaks a new women's freediving World Record in the Bahamas
/ref> by diving to 96 m in constant weight.
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As of 2018, Sara lives in Dahab, Egypt, a place noteworthy for freediving. She teaches freediving and Kundalini yoga in the South Sinai town.
References
External links
Sara Campbell - personal website
Sara Campbell - older personal website
Sara Campbell at The Underwater Channel
Current Freediving World Records
* http://www.freedivecentral.com/f-sara--campbell-611
Times interview
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British freedivers
People educated at Bancroft's School