Monday 26 September 2022

Natalia Molchanova | Timeline

Natalia Vadimovna Molchanova
(8 May 1962 – 2 August 2015) was a Russian champion free diver, multiple world record holder, and the former president of the Russian Free Dive Federation. She has been described as "possibly the world’s greatest freediver". (Intro from Wikipedia)

May 8, 1962 - Ufa, Soviet Union - Natalia Vadimovna Molchanova is born
October(?) 1(?), 1982 - Ufa(?) - Retires from swimming at 20
January 24, 1985 - Moscow - Her daughter Oksana is born
March 6, 1987 - Volgograd, Soviet Union - Her son Alexey Molchanov is born
January(?) 1(?), 2002 - Moscow, Russia - While coping with a recent divorce, Molchanova moves to Moscow and switches from swimming to Free Diving at the age of 40 =(START)
May 1(?), 2002 - Dahab, Egypt - Flies to Dahab, egyptian resort on the Red Sea, for a basic freediving course with Julia Petrik
April 26, 2003 - Moscow - Sets a national record in Russia for the 2003 Russian Free Diving Championship - 142m under water on a single breath and static apnea of 5:39"
May 26, 2003 - Limassol, Cyprus - Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 150m - World record on her second competition
May 31, 2003 - Limassol - Sony FreeDiver Open Classic - Dynamic and Constant Weight - 1st place
January(?) 1(?), 2004 - Dahab, Egypt - Training Dive - Molchanova becomes the first woman to dive on one breath through the Blue Hole arch in Dahab, Egypt. She swam the length of an 82-foot-long underwater arch at more than 170 feet of depth and returned to the surface unscathed
April 19, 2004 - Moscow - Molchanova and son Alexey compete at the Freediving Russian Championship
April 25, 2004 - Moscow - Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 155m
April 23, 2005 - Moscow - Dynamic Apnea without fins record - 108m
April 24, 2005 - Moscow - Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 172m
August 25, 2005 - Renens, Switzerland - Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 178m | Static Apnea record - 7:16" | Dynamic Apnea without fins record - 124m
September 3, 2005 - Villefranche, France - Constant weight with fins record - 86m
November 5, 2005 - Dahab, Egypt - Free immersion record - 78m
November 7, 2005 - Dabab - Constant weight without fins record - 55m
December 20, 2005 - Tokyo, Japan - Dynamic Apnea without fins record - 131m
April 22, 2006 - Moscow - Static Apnea record - 7:30"
April 23, 2006 - Moscow - Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 200m
June 3, 2006 - Dahab, Egypt - Free immersion record - 80m
July 5, 2007 - Maribor, Slovenia - Free Diving World Championship in Maribor: Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 205m
July 6, 2007 - Maribor - Free Diving World Championship in Maribor: Molchanova's winning time is better than the winning male gold medal
July 7, 2007 - Maribor - Dynamic Apnea without fins record - 149m
June 10, 2008 - Dahab, Egypt - Free immersion record - 82m
June 12, 2008 - Dahab - Constant weight without fins record - 60m
July 25, 2008 - Crete, Greece - Constant weight with fins record - 95m
July 27, 2008 - Crete - Free immersion record - 85m
October 5, 2008 - Lignano, Italy - Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 214m
August 20, 2009 - Aarhus, Denmark - Dynamic Apnea without fins record - 160m
August 21, 2009 - Aarhus - Static Apnea record - 8:23"
September 25, 2009 - Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Molchanova becomes the first woman to pass 100 meters diving with constant weight - 101m
September 27, 2009 - Sharm el Sheikh - Free immersion record - 90m
December 3, 2009 - Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas - Constant weight without fins record - 62m
April 25, 2010 - Moscow - Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 225m
June 16, 2010 - Kalamata, Greece - Variable Weight Apnea record - 125m
April 8, 2011 - Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas - Vertical Blue 2011, Blue Hole (until April 18th)
April 16, 2011 - Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas - Molchanova dives 100m - Constant weight with fins in the Blue Hole
September 22, 2011 - Kalamata, Greece - Constant weight apnea record - 101m
September 24, 2011 - Kalamata - Free immersion record - 88m
May 8, 2012 - Dahab, Egypt - Constant weight without fins record - 66m
June 6, 2012 - Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Variable weight apnea record - 127m
April 25, 2013 - Dahab, Egypt - Constant weight without fins record - 68m
June 27, 2013 - Belgrade, Serbia - Individual AIDA Pool World Championships Belgrade 2013 - Dynamic Apnea without fins - World Record 182m underwater
June 28, 2013 - Maribor, Slovenia - Freediving World Championships - 09:02 in static apnea!!! | Dynamic Apnea with fins record - 234m
September 16, 2013 - Kalamata, Greece - Constant weight without fins record - 69m
September 21, 2013 - Kalamata - Free immersion record - 91m
May 15, 2014 - Dahab, Egypt - Constant weight without fins record - 70m
September 19, 2014 - Cagliari, Sardinia - AIDA Team World Championship
May 8, 2015 - Dahab, Egypt - Extends her no fins record (71m) on her 53th birthday
June 27, 2015 - Belgrade, Serbia - AIDA World Individual Pool Championship - 1st place
July 1(?), 2015 - Krk, Croatia - Conducts a freediving course in Croatia with Alexey and Oksana. She is then invited to organize a small private course off the coast of the island of Formentera in Spain.
August 1, 2015 - Formentera Island, Spain - Molchanova lands on the Island of Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
August 2, 2015 - NW of La Savina, Formentera Island, Spain - Natalia Molchanova disappears while giving a private lesson dive to russian tycoon Pavel Tyo, NW of Formentera. It is thought that she was caught by a strong current at a depth of 40 meters and taken down. She was 53 =(END)

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