deep diving: "no limits"

This is somehow the freestyle category. During the descent you can use as much weight as you want (generally in the form of a sled) and balloons are allowed to ascend.

category depht name origin date place time
m ft day m. year min sec
sea (men) 150 492 Umberto Pelizzari Italy 24 oct 1999 Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy 2 ' 57 "
Umbertoport.jpg (33136 Byte) 137 449 Loic Leferme France 5 june 1999 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France 3 ' 02 "
135 443 Gianluca Genoni Italy 3 oct 1998 Sardegna, Italy
133 436 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 26 nov 1996 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2 ' 27 ''
131 430 Umberto Pelizzari Italy 16 sept 1996 Villasimius, Italy 3 ' 33 ''
130 427 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 3 oct 1996 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2 ' 10 ''

Umberto Pelizzari

 128 420 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 30 july 1995 Siracusa, Italy 2 ' 15 "
127 417 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 1994 Florida
126 413 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 1994 Siracusa, Italy
125 410 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 1993 Bahamas
123 404 Umberto Pelizzari Italy 1993 Montecristo, Italy
120 394 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 1992 Ustica, Italy
118 387 Umberto Pelizzari Italy 1991 Elba, Italy
115 377 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba 1991 Siracusa, Italy
112 367 Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras Cuba nov 1989 Cuba 3 ' 03 "
107 351 Angela Bandini Italy 4 oct 1989 Elba, Italy
105 345 Jacques Mayol France oct 1983 Elba, Italy 3 ' 16 "
101 331 Jacques Mayol France 23 nov 1976 Elba, Italy 3 ' 40 "
92 302 Jacques Mayol France 1975 Elba, Italy
87 285 Enzo Majorca Italy sept 1974 Sorrento, Italy
86 282 Jacques Mayol France 1973 Elba, Italy
80 262 Enzo Majorca Italy 1973 Genova, Italy
78 256 Enzo Majorca Italy 1972 Ognina
77 253 Enzo Majorca Italy 1971 Siracusa, Italy
76 249 Jacques Mayol France 1970 Futo, Japan
75 246 Jacques Mayol France 1970 Futo, Japan
74 243 Enzo Majorca Italy 1970 Ognina
73 240 Bob Croft USA 1968 Florida
71 233 Jacques Mayol France 1967 Florida
67 220 Bob Croft USA 1967 Florida
64 210 Enzo Majorca Italy 1967 Cuba
64 210 Bob Croft USA 1967 Florida
62 203 Enzo Majorca Italy 1966 Siracusa, Italy
60 197 Jacques Mayol France 1966 Bahamas
59 194 Teteke Williams Polinesia 1965 Polinesia
54 177 Enzo Majorca Italy 1965 Acireale
53 174 Enzo Majorca Italy 1964 Siracusa, Italy
51 167 Enzo Majorca Italy 1962 Ustica, Italy
50 164 Enzo Majorca Italy 1961 Siracusa, Italy
49 161 Enzo Majorca Italy 1960 Siracusa, Italy
46 151 Americo Santarelli Brazil 1960 Santa Margeherita Ligure, Italy
45 148 Enzo Majorca Italy 1960 Siracusa, Italy
44 144 Americo Santarelli Brazil 1960 Circeo
43 141 Americo Santarelli Brazil 1960 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
41 135 Alberto Novelli Italy 1956 Rapallo, Italy
41 135 Ennio Falco Italy 1956 Rapallo, Italy
39 128 Raimondo Bucher Italy 1952 Capri, Italy
35 115 Alberto Novelli Italy 1951 Napoli, Italy
35 115 Ennio Falco Italy 1951 Napoli, Italy
30 98.4 Raimondo Bucher Italy 1949 Napoli, Italy
sea (women) 115 378 Audrey Mestre * France 6 june 1998 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2 ' 10 "
113 371 Tanya Streeter Cayman Island 9 may 1998 Cayman Island
110 361 Deborah Andollo Cuba 16 may 1996 Cuba 2 ' 15 "
107 351 Angela Bandini Italy 1989 Elba, Italy
Audrey Mestre 80 262 Patrizia Majorca Italy 1988
(Photo by Ron Everdij) 52 171 Angela Bandini Italy 1983 2 ' 30 "
lake (men) 82 269 Heimo Hanke Germany 2 aug 1997 Attersee, Austria
Heimodauphins1a.jpg (51649 Byte) 80 262 Roland Specker France sept 1993
Heimo Hanke 48 157 Roland Specker France 1992

* Audrey's record oif 115 m / 378 ft was realized during a tandem dive together with Francisco "Pipin" Ferrara

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