AIDA International

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Association Internationale pour le Développement de l'Apnée
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AIDA International
Aida freediving organisation logo.png
AbbreviationAIDA
Formation1992
TypeSports Federation
HeadquartersGeneve, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
French, English
President
Alexandru Russu[1]
AffiliationsEUF[2]
Websitehttp://www.aidainternational.org

Association Internationale pour le Développement de l'Apnée (AIDA) (English: International Association for the Development of Apnea) is a worldwide rule- and record-keeping body for competitive breath holding events, also known as freediving.[3] It sets standards for safety, comparability of Official World Record attempts and freedive education. AIDA International is the parent organization for national clubs of the same name.

History[]

AIDA was founded November 2, 1992 in Nice, France by Frenchmen Roland Specker, Loïc Leferme and Claude Chapuis, with Specker as its first President. The AIDA Competitions started to take form in 1993. National clubs begin to form over all Europe in 1994–1995. AIDA became AIDA International in 1999.

  • In 1999 Sébastien Nagel, of Switzerland, replaced Roland Specker as the President.
  • Bill Strömberg, of Sweden, replaced Sébastien Nagel as President in 2005.
  • Kimmo Lahtinen, of Finland, replaced Bill Strömberg as President in December 2009.
  • Carla Sue Hanson, of USA, replaced Kimmo Lahtinen as President in 2016.
  • Alexandru Russu, of Romania, replaced Carla Sue Hanson as President in 2020.

AIDA World Championships[]

Main article:

History of AIDA World Championships:

Team[]

  • 1996: First AIDA Team World Championship in Nice, France, for national teams
  • 1998: Second AIDA Team World Championship, Sardinia, Italy
  • 2001: Third AIDA Team World Championship, Ibiza, Spain
  • 2004: Fourth AIDA Team World Championship, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • 2006: Fifth AIDA Team World Championship, Hurghada, Egypt
  • 2008: Sixth AIDA Team World Championship, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
  • 2010: Seventh AIDA Team World Championship, Okinawa, Japan
  • 2012: Eighth AIDA Team World Championship, Nice, France
  • 2014: Ninth AIDA Team World Championship, Cagliari, Italy

Individual[]

  • 2005: First AIDA Individual World Championship, Renens, Switzerland
  • 2005: Second AIDA Individual World Championship, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
  • 2007: Third AIDA Individual World Championship, Maribor, Slovenia
  • 2007: Fourth AIDA Individual World Championship, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
  • 2009: Fifth AIDA Individual World Championship, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • 2009: Sixth AIDA Individual World Championship, Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas.
  • 2011: Seventh AIDA Individual World Championship, Kalamata, Greece
  • 2011: Eighth AIDA Individual World Championship, Lignano, Italy
  • 2013: Ninth AIDA Individual World Championship, Belgrade, Serbia
  • 2013: Tenth AIDA Individual World Championship, Kalamata, Greece

Qualifications and certifications[]

AIDA has a star system for grading its freediving certifications:

Freedive certifications

  • AIDA 1 Star Freediver, 8m CWT, 1'15" STA, 25m DYN.
  • AIDA 2 Star Freediver, 16m CWT, 2' STA, 40m DYN.
  • AIDA 3 Star Freediver, 24m CWT, 2'45" STA, 55m DYN.
  • AIDA 4 Star Freediver, 32m CWT, 3'30" STA, 70m DYN.

Speciality certifications

  • Competition Safety Freediver.
  • Competition Freediver.
  • Deep Tank Freediver.
  • Monofin Freediver.

AIDA has 3 levels of Instructor qualifications and certifications:

Instructor certifications

  • AIDA Instructor, can teach up to 3 Star Freediver.
  • AIDA Master Instructor, can teach up to 4 Star Freediver.
  • AIDA Instructor Trainer, can teach all levels, and instructors.

Records[]

AIDA recognized world records as of July 31, 2014

Sea Disciplines[]

Constant weight apnea (CWT)[]

Main article: Constant weight apnea

Deep freediving using bifins or a monofin.[3]

Men

  • 130 m
  • Name: Alexey Molchanov  Russia
  • Date: 2018-07-18
  • Place: Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Women

  • 104 m
  • Name: Alessia Zecchini  Italy
  • Date: 2017-05-02
  • Place: Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Constant weight apnea without fins (CNF)[]

Main article: Constant weight apnea

Deep freediving using swimming strokes only, no fins allowed.[3]

Men

  • 102 m
  • Name: William Trubridge  New Zealand
  • Date: 2016-07-20
  • Place: Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Women

  • 72 m
  • Name: Sayuri Kinoshita  Japan
  • Date: 2016-04-26
  • Place: Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Free immersion apnea (FIM)[]

Main article: Free immersion apnea

Deep freediving, allowing pulling along the vertical depth rope.[3]

Men

  • 124 m
  • Name: William Trubridge  New Zealand
  • Date: 2016-05-02
  • Place: Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island Bahamas

Women

  • 91 m
  • Name: Jeanine Grasmeijer  Netherlands
  • Date: 2016-09-06
  • Place: Kralendijk, Netherlands Antilles

Variable weight apnea (VWT)[]

Deep freediving using a weighted sled for descent, pulling along the depth rope for ascent.[3]

Men

  • 146 m
  • Name: Stavros Kastrinakis  Greece
  • Date: 2015-01-11
  • Place: Kalamata, Greece

Women

  • 130 m
  • Name: Nanja van den Broek  Netherlands
  • Date: 2015-10-18
  • Place: Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

No limit apnea (NLT)[]

Main article: No-limits apnea

Unrestricted deep freediving, all propulsion means allowed, traditionally using a weighted sled for descent and inflatable balloon for ascent.[3]

Men

  • 214 m
  • Name: Herbert Nitsch  Austria
  • Date: 2007-06-14
  • Place: Spetses, Greece

Women

  • 160 m
  • Name: Tanya Streeter  United States
  • Date: 2002-08-17
  • Place: Turks and Caicos

Pool Disciplines[]

Static Apnea (STA)[]

Main article: Static apnea

Immovable breath hold for time.[3]

Men

Women

  • 9 min 02 sec
  • Name: Natalia Molchanova  Russia
  • Date: 2013-06-29
  • Place: Belgrade, Serbia

Dynamic apnea with fins (DYN)[]

Main article: Dynamic apnea

Horizontal freediving for distance, using bifins or a monofin.[3]

Men

  • 300 m
  • Name: Mateusz Malina  Poland
  • Date: 2016-07-03
  • Place: Turku, Finland
  • 300 m
  • Name: Giorgos PANAGIOTAKIS  Greece
  • Date: 2016-07-03
  • Place: Turku, Finland

Women

  • 237 m
  • Name: Natalia Molchanova  Russia
  • Date: 2014-09-26
  • Place: Sardinia, Italy

Dynamic apnea without fins (DNF)[]

Main article: Dynamic apnea

Horizontal freediving for distance, no fins allowed.[3]

Men

  • 244 m
  • Name: Mateusz Malina  Poland
  • Date: 2016-07-02
  • Place: Turku, Finland

Women

  • 191 m
  • Name: Magdalena Solich  Poland
  • Date: 2017-07-01
  • Place: Opole, Poland

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.aidainternational.org/BoardAndMembers
  2. ^ "Associate/Observers". European Underwater Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i McKie, N (2004). "Freediving in cyberspace". Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society. 34: 101–3. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

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