Loïc Leferme (28 August 1970 – 11 April 2007) was a French diver who was the world free diving record holder until 2 October 2005, when he was surpassed by Herbert Nitsch.[2] Loic was also a founder of AIDA in 1990 with Roland Specker and Claude Chapuis in Nice. In 2002 he set the world free diving record without any breathing apparatus at 162 meters.[2][3] His first world record was 137 meters (1999).[2][4] On 30 October 2004, he extended his own world record to 171 meters in the no limits free-diving category.[2][5] The premier advocate of this type of freediving which has come to be known as Chapuis Style Freediving. [citation needed]
He died during a private training session in Villefranche-sur-Mer when his equipment failed and he did not reach the surface in time.[citation needed] He was in training for a planned record attempt in July 2007.
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^(in French) Voici l’homme le plus profond au monde
^(in French) Loïc Leferme bat le record du monde de plongée en apnée à 171 mètres de profondeur[permanent dead link]
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loïc, leferme, august, 1970, april, 2007, french, diver, world, free, diving, record, holder, until, october, 2005, when, surpassed, herbert, nitsch, loic, also, founder, aida, 1990, with, roland, specker, claude, chapuis, nice, 2002, world, free, diving, reco. Loic Leferme 28 August 1970 11 April 2007 was a French diver who was the world free diving record holder until 2 October 2005 when he was surpassed by Herbert Nitsch 2 Loic was also a founder of AIDA in 1990 with Roland Specker and Claude Chapuis in Nice In 2002 he set the world free diving record without any breathing apparatus at 162 meters 2 3 His first world record was 137 meters 1999 2 4 On 30 October 2004 he extended his own world record to 171 meters in the no limits free diving category 2 5 The premier advocate of this type of freediving which has come to be known as Chapuis Style Freediving citation needed Loic LefermeBorn 1970 08 28 28 August 1970Malo les Bains 1 Died11 April 2007 2007 04 11 aged 36 Villefranche sur MerOccupationfreediverChildren2He died during a private training session in Villefranche sur Mer when his equipment failed and he did not reach the surface in time citation needed He was in training for a planned record attempt in July 2007 See also edit nbsp Underwater diving portalReferences edit Henry Michel 12 April 2007 La mer engloutit Leferme Liberation in French Retrieved 12 April 2007 a b c d History of World Records McKie Nigel 2004 Freediving in cyberspace Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 34 101 3 Archived from the original on 5 October 2013 Retrieved 5 October 2013 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint unfit URL link in French Voici l homme le plus profond au monde in French Loic Leferme bat le record du monde de plongee en apnee a 171 metres de profondeur permanent dead link External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loic Leferme Official website nbsp This biographical article related to diving is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to French sports is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Loic Leferme amp oldid 1179188570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
