Michal Risian

Michal Rišian in Kalamata, Greece, 2011

Michal Rišian, born 23 June 1977, Martin, Slovakia is a Czech and Slovak freediving champion and is a former continental record holder for Europe in one of the freediving depth disciplines – Constant Weight without fins. Risian is among the deepest humans in constant no fins ever, with the dept of 84 meters. He was also second in the Depth World Championship in Kalamata, Greece, 2011. So far (7.11.2011) he has 15 individual gold medals from the freediving national and international freediving competitions 1 continental and 3 national records.^[1]

Michal Rišian, now and before

References

External links

• Michal Rišian's painting

Michal's painting

• Current Freediving World Records registered by Aida International
• Profile at Apneaman.cz (In Czech only)

Freediving
Activities	Aquathlon (underwater wrestling) Apnoea finswimming Free-diving Pearl hunting Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater ice hockey Underwater rugby Underwater target shooting
Competitions	Nordic Deep Vertical Blue
Disciplines	Constant weight Constant weight without fins Free immersion Static apnea Dynamic apnea Dynamic apnea without fins No-limits apnea
Equipment	Diving mask Diving suit Fins Hawaiian sling Monofin Polespear Snorkel Speargun Water polo cap
Freedivers	Deborah Andollo Peppo Biscarini Sara Campbell Derya Can Göçen Goran Čolak Carlos Coste Robert Croft Mandy-Rae Cruickshank Yasemin Dalkılıç Leonardo D'Imporzano Şahika Ercümen Emma Farrell Francisco Ferreras Pierre Frolla Flavia Eberhard Mehgan Heaney-Grier Elisabeth Kristoffersen Loïc Leferme Enzo Maiorca Jacques Mayol Audrey Mestre Karol Meyer Stéphane Mifsud Alexey Molchanov Natalia Molchanova Dave Mullins Patrick Musimu Guillaume Néry Herbert Nitsch Umberto Pelizzari Annelie Pompe Michal Risian Stig Severinsen Tom Sietas Aharon Solomons Martin Štěpánek Walter Steyn Tanya Streeter William Trubridge Devrim Cenk Ulusoy Danai Varveri
Hazards	Barotrauma Deep water blackout Drowning Hypercapnia Hypothermia Shallow water blackout
Historical	Ama (diving) Octopus wrestling Skandalopetra diving Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's underwater swimming
Organisations	AIDA International SSI Australian Underwater Federation British Freediving Association CMAS Fédération Française d'Études et de Sports Sous-Marins Performance Freediving International
Related	Ama (diving) Haenyeo Snorkeling Submarine escape training facility Underwater diving Underwater sports
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