THE RECORD
- This record consist in diving as deep as humanly possible, holding your breath and with the help of nothing but a pair of Bi-fins. Sofia has to go deeper than 82m to break the existing record.
- This attempt will consist of three days of diving. The scheduled days are the third, fifth and seventh of July with backup days on the fourth and sixth.
The current World Record is held by Alenka Artnik form Slovenia at a depth of 82m. It was achieved in the CMAS World Championship in Kaş Turkey, 2016.
This July, Sofía will try to go deeper than any other woman before with a pair of Bifins. She will be holding her breath for more than 3 minutes, reaching the very limits of the human aquatic abilities!
THE ATHLETE
Sofía has been dreaming of achieving a World Record for as long as she can remember, she is focused on the objective and has been training for months to achieve it! She was born in Colombia in 1992 and has been representing her country in numerous international and national competitions. As well as competing, Sofia is also an underwater model. She occupies the first place of the word ranking in the 3 disciplines of freediving and hopes to keep improving every day and reaching greater depths.
THE LOCATION
Dominica, Soufrière and Scotts Head Bay Marine Reserve
ORGANIZERS
HEAD ORGANIZER/CHIEF OF SAFETY Jonathan Sunnex
Jonathan Sunnex is a freediving champion that has reached more than 100m depth. He was number three in the 2012/2013 world rankings, a bronze medalist at 2013 World depth champioships and has trained numerous athletes achieving a total of 3 World Records and more than 60 National Records. Jonathan has been in charge of the logistics and safety of international freediving events since 2012. Between 2014-2016 he was the co-organiser and Chief of safety of Vertical Blue, one of the most reknowned freediving comptetition's in the freediving world. Now based in Dominica, he spends his time expanding and developing Blue Element, the freediving school and also Annual Competition. For more info about Jonathan, visit his web page http://www.jonathansunnex.com/ |
BLUE ELEMENT AND DOMINICA
THE RULING BODY CMAS
The World Underwater Federation was founded in 1959 and by now it comprises over 130 federations from 5 continents. In addition to organizing international underwater sport events it is at the forefront of technical and scientific research and development. It can be associated with elaborating one of the oldest and most extensive dive training systems
SPONSORS
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OPORTUNIDADES
El Buceo Libre o Apnea es un deporte de atracción única, captura la imaginación y es un esfuerzo humano por encontrarse con las profundidades del mar y en competencia requiere de una alta disciplina que reúne en una sola práctica la fuerza, precisión, respiración y fortaleza mental de un atleta de alto rendimiento.
Sofía sería la primera colombiana en lograr un récord mundial para esta práctica y esto la pondría en lo más alto de la élite del deporte nacional y mundial.
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Sofía sería la primera colombiana en lograr un récord mundial para esta práctica y esto la pondría en lo más alto de la élite del deporte nacional y mundial.
Contact us if you want to be a part of this historic moment.
Contactanos para que puedas ser parte de esta historia
Contact us for your chance to be a part of history!