Tom Sietas

Tom Sietas (born 12 January 1977 in Hamburg, Germany) is a freediver. He specializes in the static apnea event, holding his breath under water, and the dynamic apnea event, swimming the greatest possible distance underwater without breathing. Sietas started free diving in the year 2000. Since then he has set a large number of world records and won many titles, including taking the world record from magician David Blaine about four and a half months after his much-publicised achievement in mid-2008. Sietas went on to add over 5 minutes to that record, which stood at 22:22min when it was broken by Goran Čolak.

History of records

• 05/30/12: World record static apnea on pure oxygen - 22:22min (Changsha, China)
• 12/30/08: World record static apnea on pure oxygen - 17:28min (Barcelona, Spain)
• 09/19/08: World record static apnea on pure oxygen - 17:19min (New York, USA)
• 07/02/08: World record in dynamic apnea without fins: 213m (Hamburg, Germany)
• 06/07/08: World record in static apnea - 10:12min (Athens, Greece)
• 05/12/08: World record in static apnea - 9:16min (Mainz, Germany)
• 02/22/08: World record static apnea on pure oxygen - 16:14min (Madrid, Spain)
• 11/27/07: World record static apnea on pure oxygen - 15:16min (Peking, China)
• 08/09/07: World record static apnea on pure oxygen - 15:02min (New York, USA)
• 05/01/07: World record in static apnea - 9:08min (Hamburg, Germany)
• 08/30/06: World record static apnea - 9:00min (Tokyo, Japan)
• 08/29/06: World record in dynamic apnea - 223m (Tokyo, Japan)
• 12/30/06: Best freediver 2006 - ICARE Trophies 2006
• 08/27/06: World record in dynamic apnea without fins - 183m (Tokyo, Japan)
• 08/13/06: World record in dynamic apnea without fins - 182m (Hamburg, Germany)
• 03/15/06: World record in dynamic apnea without fins - 180m (Tokyo,Japan)
• 03/04/06: World record in dynamic apnea without fins - 176m (Maribor, Slovenia)
• 12/21/05: Best freediver 2005 - ICARE Trophies 2005
• 08/25/05: World champion in dynamic apnea (Renens, Switzerland)
• 07/10/05: World record in dynamic apnea - 212m (Loutraki, Greece)
• 07/10/05: World record in dynamic apnea without fins - 175m (Loutraki, Greece)
• 12/19/04: German record (unofficial world record) in dynamic apnea - 215m (Hamburg, Germany)
• 12/18/04: German record (unofficial world record) in dyn. apnea without fins - 175m (Hamburg, Germany)
• 12/12/04: World record in static apnea - 8:58min (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
• 11/20/04: German record in dynamic apnea - 186m (Berlin, Germany)
• 10/30/04: German record (unofficial world record) in static apnea - 8:56min (Wiesbaden, Germany)
• 08/12/04: World Champion in Constant Weight and Static Apnea (Vancouver, Canada)
• 08/12/04: German record in dynamic apnea - 180m (Vancouver, Canada)
• 08/08/04: German record in constant weight - 70m (Vancouver, Canada)
• 06/11/04: World record in static apnea - 8:47min (Hamburg, Germany)
• 06/10/04: World record in static apnea - 8:27min (Hamburg, Germany)
• 06/09/04: World record in static apnea - 8:12min (Hamburg, Germany)
• 05/09/04: German record in constant weight - 67m (Nice, France)
• 02/21/04: German record in static apnea: 7:48min (Berlin, Germany)
• 09/06/03: German champion in constant weight and static apnea (Dellach, Austria)

See also

• Static Apnea
• David Blaine

External links

• Current Freediving World Records
• DeeperBlue.com Sept 2004 feature interview with Tom Sietas about accusations of doping