- Carlos Coste
Carlos Costemois (born in
Caracas ,Venezuela , on February 2, 1976) is a world class free-diver and record-holder. He started his training inApnea andFree-diving in 1996, and got his first national record in 1998. In October 2003, he became the first human to achieve aFree Immersion of more than 100 meters, certified byGuinness World Records . Currently, he holds the AIDA (International Association for the Development of Apnea) world record for Variable WeightFree-diving , with a 140 meter immersion in theRed Sea ,Egypt , on May 9, 2006.Additional to the current record for variable weight, Coste has broken several free-diving world records, including
Constant Weight (-90 meter, October 2002; -102 meter, June 2004; -105 meter, 2005; now held byGuillaume Néry with -113 meter),Variable Weight (-135 meter, October 2004), andFree Immersion (-93 meter, October 2002; -101 meter, October 2003; now held byMartin Štěpánek with -106 meter). He is the current AIDA Individual World Champion Constant Weight (September 2005).His achievements have been recognized with Venezuela National Sports Institute (June 2005) and with the Orden José Félix Rivas granted by the Venezuelan president (February 2005). Currently, he studies Mechanical Engineering in the
Central University of Venezuela .He is currently recovering from an injury suffered on
September 12 ,2006 in attempt to break world record in No Limits (held byHerbert Nitsch with -183 m) atSharm El Sheikh ,Egypt .External links
* [http://www.carloscoste.com/ Carlos Coste's official web site]
* [http://www.aida-international.org AIDA homologated world records, incl record history]
*http://www.deeperblue.net/
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