Natalia Molchanova
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Natalia Molchanova (Russian: Молчанова Наталья Вадимовна), born 8 May 1962, Ufa, Russia is a Russian champion Freediver and is the current President of the Russian Freedive Federation.
Natalia is the world's most successful female freediver ever, with a total of 32 world records. She has, so far, 14 individual gold medals and two team gold medals from the Freediving World Championships. At the World Championships in Maribor, Slovenia, in 2007, Natalia's winning time in the static discipline was better than the winning male gold medal. The 25th of September, 2009, she became the first woman ever to make and pass 100 meters in Constant Weight, this with a dive to 101 meters. Natalia is also the only female who has made a constant dive through the arch in the Blue Hole, in Dahab, Egypt. In 2009 Molchanova also became the first freediver in the world, including men, to deliver three results, in three different categories (depth, length and time) with over 100 points in each according to the international point scoring systems that are recognised by AIDA International. During 2009, Natalia set five new world records and took all five gold medals at the two individual AIDA World Championships.
[edit] Official World Records by Natalia Molchanova[citation needed]
| Apnea | Record | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIM | 88 m | 24 Sep 2011 | Kalamata (Greece) |
| CWT | 101 m | 22 Sep 2011 | Kalamata (Greece) |
| CWT | 100 m | 16 April 2011 | Blue Hole (Bahamas) |
| VWT | 125 m | 16 June 2010 | Kalamata (Greece) |
| DYN | 225 m | 25 April 2010 | Moscow (Russia) |
| CNF | 62 m | 03 Dec 2009 | Blue Hole (Bahamas) |
| FIM | 90 m* | 27 Sep 2009 | Sharm (Egypt) |
| CWT | 101 m* | 25 Sep 2009 | Sharm (Egypt) |
| STA | 8 min 23 sec | 21 August 2009 | Aarhus (Denmark) |
| DNF | 160 m | 20 August 2009 | Aarhus (Denmark) |
| DYN | 214 m | 5 October 2008 | Lignano (Italy) |
| FIM | 85 m | 27 July 2008 | Crete (Greece) |
| CWT | 95 m | 25 July 2008 | Crete (Greece) |
| CNF | 60 m | 12 June 2008 | Dahab (Egypt) |
| FIM | 82 m | 10 June 2008 | Dahab (Egypt) |
| DNF | 149 m | 7 July 2007 | Maribor (Slovenia)) |
| STA | 8 min | 6 July 2007 | Maribor (Slovenia) |
| DYN | 205 m | 5 July 2007 | Maribor (Slovenia) |
| FIM | 80 m | 3 June 2006 | Dahab (Egypt) |
| DYN | 200 m | 23 April 2006 | Moscow (Russia) |
| STA | 7 min 30 sec | 22 April 2006 | Moscow (Russia) |
| DNF | 131 m | 20 December 2005 | Tokyo (Japan) |
| CNF | 55 m | 7 November 2005 | Dahab (Egypt) |
| FIM | 78 m | 5 November 2005 | Dahab (Egypt) |
| CWT | 86 m | 3 September 2005 | Villefranche (France) |
| DNF | 124 m | 25 August 2005 | Renens (Switzerland) |
| STA | 7 min 16 sec | 25 August 2005 | Renens (Switzerland) |
| DYN | 178 m | 25 August 2005 | Renens (Switzerland) |
| DYN | 172 m | 24 April 2005 | Moscow (Russia) |
| DNF | 108 m | 23 April 2005 | Moscow (Russia) |
| DYN | 155 m | 25 April 2004 | Moscow (Russia) |
| DYN | 150 m | 2 May 2003 | Limassol (Cyprus) |
The two records, 101m and 90m from 2009 has been withdrawn by the federation 8 months after they been set. This because of the introduction of a new rule which was then used retrospectively.
[edit] External links
- Molchanova's personal web site
- Current Freediving World Records
- Profile at Apnea mania
- Molchanova's Coach
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