Sofía Gómez
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sofía Gómez Uribe |
| National team | Colombia |
| Citizenship | Colombian |
| Born | 15 April 1992 |
| Alma mater | National University of Colombia at Medellín |
| Sport | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sport | Freediving |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Regional finals | 2013 Bolivarian Games |
Medal record | |
Sofía Gómez Uribe (born 15 April 1992)[1] is a Colombian freediver and civil engineer, who has held multiple Pan-American, South American and world records. She won a gold medal in the Women's individual dynamic apnea free-diving event at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru.
Personal life
Gómez was born in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Her parents Francisco and Mónica are from Santa Marta. Gómez attended the Immaculate Heart of Mary School. In 2001, she took up synchronised swimming and in 2002, she took up finswimming. After finishing high school, Gómez moved to Bogotá for a year and now lives in Medellín.[2] In 2016, she graduated from the National University of Colombia at Medellín, and she now works as a civil engineer.[1][3] In 2017, Gómez setup a fundraising campaign to help people in Dominica affected by Hurricane Maria.[4]
Career
In 2013, a friend encouraged Gómez to take up freediving, a sport that involves underwater diving without breathing apparatus. After some training, she managed to dive 40 metres (130 ft), and she decided to take up the sport professionally.[2] She has six national records, in three different depth apneas, a Bolivarian Games record set at the 2013 Games in Trujillo, Peru, and a Pan-American record in dynamic apnea with equipment.[5][6] In 2013, Gómez attempted to break the Pan-American record for dynamic apnea, but became unconscious after swimming for 180 metres (590 ft). In 2014, she successfully broke the dynamic apnea record by swimming for 195.76 metres (642.3 ft) in Chiapas, Mexico.[5] In 2016, she broke the Pan-American records for the constant weight with fins and free immersion events at the Vertical Blue competition.[3] In 2017, she broke the CMAS Constant Weight Bi-Fins freediving world record after descending 83.1 metres (273 ft) in a time of 2 minutes and 43 seconds, beating Alenka Artnik's previous record of 82 metres (269 ft) set the previous year in Kaş, Turkey.[3][2][7] Two days later, she broke her own world record by diving 84 metres (276 ft).[2][7][8][9] At the 2017 CMAS World Championship, Artnik and Ukrainian Nataliia Zharkova both dived 85 metres (279 ft).[10][11] In 2018, Gómez participated in a scientific study to measure her body's functions in extreme conditions.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Biography". Sofía Gómez Uribe. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Sofía Gómez se sumerge para llegar a lo más alto". El Espectador (in Spanish). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Sofía, 83 metros bajo el nivel del mar". El Colombiano (in Spanish). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Sofia Gomez, free diver who dreams of representing Colombia at Olympics". EFE. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ a b Isaza, Julián (4 November 2015). "Sofía Gómez, una deportista que toca fondo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Colombia acortó la distancia en el medallero | Antonio del Duca atrapó el oro 111 para Venezuela en los Bolivarianos". Correo del Orinoco (in Spanish). 26 November 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ a b "New CMAS Freediving World Record in Constant Weight With Bi-Fins 2017". The Free Diving Club. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Las 3 claves del éxito de Sofía Gómez Uribe, la mejor apneísta de América". BBC News (in Spanish). 17 October 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Colombian free diver Sofia Gomez undergoes tests for extreme conditions". EFE. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Alenka Artnik: Sloveniji neznana šampionka, ki se sto metrov pod vodno gladino počuti kot doma". Times.si (in Slovenian). 11 November 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Results – 1st CMAS European Apnea Outdoor Championship And Open International Competition Kaş, Antalya – Turkey 2017". Sportalsub.net. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.