Herbert Nitsch

Herbert Nitsch ( born April 20, 1970 in Vienna) is a successful free divers and former commercial pilot. During his career, he was able to establish 31 world records in all eight apnea disciplines.

He was the first person who exclusively under its own power (Deep Diving with constant weight) over 100 m deep dived and the officially with only one breath broke through the 200 - m- deep brand with 214 m (Deep Diving - Discipline No Limit ).

To outbid In an attempt against the Greek island of Santorini his own world record of 214 meters ( = 700 feet ), Herbert Nitsch suffered June 6, 2012 a scuba diving accident after reaching 249.5 meters depth. In appearance he suffered decompression sickness and had to be notärztlich supplied and flown to a hospital. Also, more than two months after the accident he was still in medical treatment. In June 2013 he was still restricted to health.

World Records

CNF: scuba diving with constant weight without fins ( "Constant Weight Without Fins " ) CWT: scuba diving with constant weight ( "Constant Weight" ) VWT: scuba diving with variable weight ( " variable weight") DNF: dynamic apnea without fins ( "Dynamic Without Fins " ) DYN: dynamic apnea with fins ( "Dynamic With Fins " ) FIM: Deep Diving constant weight with the help of a rope ( "Free Immersion" ) NLT: scuba diving with variable weight and any aids such as slides, lift bag, ... ( " No Limit " ) STA: Time Diving ( " static apnea " ) (for further explanations under Freediving # competition or record fields )

More activities

In December 2013, Herbert Nitsch joined the advisory board of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the Advisory Board for marine interests ( the so-called "Ocean Advocacy Advisory Board " ), at.