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The first diving event as a sport, however, was in 1889 in Scotland with a diving height of 6 feet (1.8 m). [4] Today, in Latin America, diving by professionals from heights of 100 feet (30 m) or more is a common occurrence. [5]
Charls, Rick Winters, Bruce Boccia, Mike Foley and Dana Kunze were the only divers to receive credit for the 172 feet (52 m) dive. Charls also earned honors as the 1980 world tandem high diving champion, along with third-place finishes and bronze medals at the 1982 World Target High Diving Championships in Hawaii and the World Acrobatic High ...
Herbert Nitsch (born 20 April 1970) is an Austrian freediver, the current freediving world record champion, and "the deepest man on earth" [1] having dived to a depth of 253.2 meters (831 feet). Nitsch has held 34 world records in all of the eight freediving disciplines recognised by AIDA International and one in the traditional Greek ...
He attempted 4 world records for highest dives from 51.5 m (169 ft), 51.8 m (170 ft), 52.4 m (172 ft), and 53 metres (173 feet 11 inches). [citation needed] He attempted to set the high diving world record in 1985 with a 174 feet 8 inches (53.24 m) dive at Ocean Park Hong Kong, but fractured multiple bones of his left leg in the attempt. [1]
John Bennett (March 7, 1959 – 2004) was a British scuba diver who set a world record by becoming the first person to deep dive below a depth of 300 m (1,000 ft) on self-contained breathing apparatus on 6 November 2001. [1] [2] [3] Bennett first broke the record in 1999 when he reached 200 m (660 ft) accompanied by Chuck Driver. In 2000 ...
In 1946 Fransen made a record breaking high-dive from the roof of Earls Court Exhibition Centre, a height of 108 feet (33 m), landing in water at a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m). [1] The dive incorporated a full somersault followed by a head-first entry into a 16-foot (4.9 m) diameter (above ground) diving tank.
It was a special night for "Go-Big Show" contestant Professor Splash, as he attempted to set a new world record. 60-year-old man belly flops from over 26 feet into just 10 inches of water to set ...
In 1949, Barton set a new world record with a 4,500 foot (1,372 m) dive in the Pacific Ocean, using his benthoscope (from the Greek benthos, meaning 'sea bottom', and scopein, 'to view'), which was designed by Barton and Maurice Nelles. [2] [3] Barton wrote the book The World Beneath the Sea, published in 1953.