Carlos Coste (born in

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, on February 2, 1976) is a Venezuelan professional free-diver. He started his training in

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and

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in 1996, and got his first national record in 1998. In October 2002 he broke his 1st Official World Record (actually 2x WR in one week: FIM -93m and CWT -90m). In October 2003, he became the first human to achieve a Free Immersion dive of more than 100 meters (-101m, Venezuela 2003), certified by AIDA World Record and

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. He also was the first freediver to pass 100 meters in constant weight, reaching a 102 meter immersion in Cyprus 2004. Coste became First AIDA Depth Individual World Champion. He won the World Championship making a new World Record in Constant Weight -105m, celebrated in Nice, 2005. He broke the

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(International Association for the Development of Apnea) world record for

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free-diving, with a 140 meter immersion in the

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, on May 9, 2006. This record was superseded by

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, on 7 December 2009 at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas. In 2010, after a long relationship, he married his manager Gabriela Contreras (Gaby) His achievements have been recognized with Venezuela National Sports Institute (June 2005) and with the Orden José Félix Rivas granted by the Venezuelan president (February 2005). He studied Mechanical Engineering at the

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. In 2017 received the honorary membership distinction of ONDA Venezuela and became part of its Underwater Activities Committee.ONSA's Underwater Activities Committee
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References

External links

Carlos Coste's official web site

AIDA World Records History
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coste, Carlos 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Caracas Venezuelan freedivers