Free immersion (FIM) is 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 ...

freediving 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- ...

discipline in which the freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent. Performances may be done ''head first'' or ''feet first'' during the descent, or a combination of the two. The current record holders are Petar Klovar (Croatia) with a depth o
132m (433ft)
set on 6 Oct 2022 in Kaş, Antalya, Turkey, William Trubridge (New Zealand) with a depth of 124 meters (406 feet), set on 16 June 2016 in

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and Sayuri Kinoshita (Japan) with 97 meters (318 feet), set on 26 July 2018 in the

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AIDA disciplines definitionsWorld Record for William Trubridge "Free Immersion" -121 m (396,98 ft)
{{Underwater diving Competitive apnea disciplines

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