Tom Sietas
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Tom Sietas (born January 12, 1977 in Hamburg, Germany) is a free diver who specialises in the “static apnea” event (holding his breath under water) and the “dynamic apnea” event (swimming the furthest possible distance underwater horizontally without breathing). Sietas started free diving at age 23 after taking a course in scuba diving. As of 2006, Sietas holds two free diving world records for the furthest distances swum in dynamic apnea:
- 183 metres without fins and
- 223 metres with fins.
[edit] References
- Current world records, AIDA
- Portrait by Tom Sietas
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