Aleix Segura
Aleix Segura i Vendrell (born 28 November 1986, Barcelona) is a Spanish multiple World Champion freediver[1] both under AIDA and CMAS official structures. Through spearfishing he developed his apnea skills and started competing in apnea (freediving) in 2011, reaching in competition during his debut year breath holds over eight minutes, and over ten minutes in the following seasons so far,[2][3] achieving three World Champion titles in static apnea until now. He competes in both swimming pool and depth disciplines in the sea but is currently specialized in static apnea, which aims to hold the breath underwater for the longest time.
In 2016 he achieved also the official Guinness World Record. "Biggest Lungs Ever (male)"[4] in static apnea with previous pure oxygen breathe up reaching 24 minutes and 3.45 seconds in an event broadcast on TV,[5] during the Mediterranean Dive Show 2016,[6] becoming the longest official breath hold ever. He is the only person ever to have simultaneously held the AIDA, CMAS, and Guinness World Record static apnea titles.[7]
He currently combines his freediving career with his professional activity as an architect in Barcelona.
Early life
[edit]He was born in 1986 in Barcelona. As a child he learned to freedive in the sea during his family vacations in Costa Brava,[8] the northern coast of Catalonia. He practiced several sports prior to competitively develop his aquatic skills, football, taekwondo, judo and basketball until high school.[9] Simultaneously he started spearfishing which became the reason for him to further develop his apnea capacity, leading later on to the competitive purpose in 2011, after finishing his Architecture studies in the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, which is his current job combined with his freediving career.
Titles
[edit]- 2011 – Vice World Champion CMAS in static apnea,[10] Tenerife, Spain
- 2012 – Vice European Champion CMAS in static apnea,[11] Antalya, Turkey
- 2013 – Vice World Champion CMAS in static apnea,[12] Kazan, Russia
- 2015 – World Champion AIDA in static apnea,[13] Belgrade, Serbia
- 2015 – World Champion CMAS in static apnea,[14] Mulhouse, France
- 2016 – Guinness World Record in O2 static apnea,[6] Cornellà, Barcelona, Spain
- 2016 – World Champion AIDA in static apnea,[15] Turku, Finland
- 2017 – Vice European Champion CMAS in static apnea,[16] Cagliari, Italy
References
[edit]- ^ "Aleix Segura, el campeón que se queda sin respiración". Lavanguardia.com. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "Aleix Segura, doble campió del món d'apnea estàtica, aguanta 10 minuts i set segons sense respirar". Ccma.cat. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "Apnea - FEDAS". Fedas.es. August 2015.
- ^ "Longest time breath held voluntarily (male)". Guinness World Records. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "Aleix Segura ha logrado el Récord Guinness de apnea". Eitb.eus.
- ^ a b "El salón de la inmersión cierra con un record Guinness de apnea en Cornellà". Elperiodico.com. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ Whelan, Stephan (3 March 2016). "Incredible New Guinness World Record – 24 Minute O2 Assisted Breath-Hold". Deeperblue.com. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "Aleix Segura: "En un entrenament puc arribar a adormir-me sota l'aigua"". 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Aleix Segura, el campeón que se queda sin respiración". 24 June 2016.
- ^ "El español Aleix Segura consigue la medalla de plata en las pruebas de Apnea Estática". Rtvc.es. Retrieved 2017-05-22.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Aleix Segura consigue la plata en el Europeo de Apnea en la modalidad Estática – Espacio Submarino". Espaciosub.es. 6 November 2012.
- ^ "El català Aleix Segura, medalla d'argent als Jocs Mundials CMAS". Mundodeportivo.com. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "Español Aleix Segura, nuevo Campeón del Mundo AIDA de Apnea Estática". Sportalsub.net. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "El català Aleix Segura, campió del mon d'apnea estàtica". Fecdas.cat. Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "Aleix Segura revalida el titulo mundial de apnea estática AIDA". Cavalldemar.org. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "Aleix Segura subcampeón de Europa en Apnea Estática y Gemma Vila dos records nacionales". 29 June 2017.