Worldwide rule- and record-keeping body for competitive breath-hold events
Association Internationale pour le Développement de l'Apnée
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AIDA International |
Abbreviation | AIDA |
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Formation | 1992 |
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Type | Sports Federation |
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Headquarters | Geneve, Switzerland |
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Region served | Worldwide |
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Official language | French, English |
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President | Sasa Jeremic[1] |
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Affiliations | EUF[2] |
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Website | http://www.aidainternational.org |
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Association Internationale pour le Développement de l'Apnée (AIDA) (English: International Association for the Development of Apnea) is a worldwide rule- and record-keeping body for competitive breath holding events, also known as freediving.[3] It sets standards for safety, comparability of Official World Record attempts and freedive education. AIDA International is the parent organization for national clubs of the same name. AIDA World Championships are periodically held.
History
AIDA was founded November 2, 1992, in Nice, France, by Frenchmen Roland Specker, Loïc Leferme and Claude Chapuis, with Specker as its first president. The AIDA Competitions started to take form in 1993. National clubs begin to form over all Europe in 1994–1995. AIDA became AIDA International in 1999.
- In 1999 Sébastien Nagel, of Switzerland, replaced Roland Specker as the president.
- Bill Strömberg, of Sweden, replaced Sébastien Nagel as president in 2005.
- Kimmo Lahtinen, of Finland, replaced Bill Strömberg as president in December 2009.
- Carla Sue Hanson, of USA, replaced Kimmo Lahtinen as president in 2016.
- Alexandru Russu, of Romania, replaced Carla Sue Hanson as president in 2020.
- Sasa Jeremic, of Serbia, replaced Alexandru Russu as president in 2024.
AIDA World Championships
History of AIDA World Championships:
32nd & 33rd AIDA Freediving World Championships! The AIDA Pool World Championship Kaunas 2024
Team
- 1996: First AIDA Team World Championship in Nice, France, for national teams
- 1998: Second AIDA Team World Championship, Sardinia, Italy
- 2001: Third AIDA Team World Championship, Ibiza, Spain
- 2004: Fourth AIDA Team World Championship, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 2006: Fifth AIDA Team World Championship, Hurghada, Egypt
- 2008: Sixth AIDA Team World Championship, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
- 2010: Seventh AIDA Team World Championship, Okinawa, Japan
- 2012: Eighth AIDA Team World Championship, Nice, France
- 2014: Ninth AIDA Team World Championship, Cagliari, Italy
- 2016: Tenth AIDA Team World Championship, Kalamata, Greece
Individual
- 2005: AIDA Individual World Championship, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
- 2007: AIDA Individual World Championship, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
- 2009: AIDA Individual World Championship, Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas
- 2011: AIDA Individual World Championship, Kalamata, Greece
- 2013: AIDA Depth World Championship, Kalamata, Greece
- 2015: AIDA Depth World Championship, Limassol, Cyprus
- 2016: AIDA Pool World Championship, Turku, Finland
- 2017: AIDA Depth World Championship, Roatan, Honduras
- 2018: AIDA Pool World Championship, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2019: AIDA Depth World Championship, Villefranche sur Mer, France
- 2021: AIDA Depth World Championship, Limassol, Cyprus
- 2022: AIDA Pool World Championship, Burgas, Bulgaria
- 2022: AIDA Depth World Championship, Roatan, Honduras
- 2023: AIDA Pool World Championship, Jeju, South Korea
- 2023: AIDA Depth World Championship, Limassol, Cyprus
Qualifications and certifications
AIDA has a star system for grading its freediving certifications:
Freedive certifications
- AIDA 1 Star Freediver, 8m CWT, 1'15" STA, 25m DYN.
- AIDA 2 Star Freediver, 12m CWT, 2' STA, 40m DYN.
- AIDA 3 Star Freediver, 24m CWT, 2'45" STA, 55m DYN.
- AIDA 4 Star Freediver, 32m CWT, 3'30" STA, 70m DYN.
Speciality certifications
- Competition Safety Freediver.
- Competition Freediver.
- Deep Tank Freediver.
- Monofin Freediver.
AIDA has 3 levels of Instructor qualifications and certifications:
Instructor certifications
- AIDA Instructor, can teach up to 3 Star Freediver.
- AIDA Master Instructor, can teach up to 4 Star Freediver.
- AIDA Instructor Trainer, can teach all levels, and instructors.
Records
AIDA recognized world records as of March 28, 2022.[4]
Pool Disciplines
The AIDA recognized pool disciplines are static apnea (STA) and three separate dynamic apnea disciplines. Dynamic With Fins which is done with monofins usually but bifins are also allowed, Dynamic With Bifins which uses bifins, and Dynamic Without Fins does not allow fins to be used and divers usually use breast strokes and wall-kicks for propulsions.
Discipline | Gender | Name | Nationality | Result | Date |
Static Apnea (STA) | Male | Stéphane Mifsud | France | 11:35 | 2009-06-08 |
Static Apnea (STA) | Female | Natalia Molchanova | Russia | 09:02 | 2013-06-21 |
Dynamic With Fins (DYN) | Male | Mateusz Malina | Poland | 300m | 2016-07-02 |
Dynamic With Fins (DYN) | Male | Giorgos Panagiotakis | Greece | 300m | 2016-07-02 |
Dynamic With Fins (DYN) | Female | Magdalena Solich-Talanda | Poland | 257m | 2019-10-13 |
Dynamic Without Fins (DNF) | Male | Mateusz Malina | Poland | 244m | 2016-07-01 |
Dynamic Without Fins (DNF) | Female | Magdalena Solich-Talanda | Poland | 191m | 2017-07-01 |
Dynamic With Bifins (DYNB) | Male | Mateusz Malina | Poland | 250m | 2019-10-13 |
Dynamic With Bifins (DYNB) | Female | Mirela Kardašević | Croatia | 208m | 2019-03-07 |
Sea Disciplines
Discipline | Gender | Name | Nationality | Result | Date |
Constant Weight (CWT) | Male | Alexey Molchanov | Russia | 130m | 2018-07-18 |
Constant Weight (CWT) | Female | Alenka Artnik | Slovenia | 114m | 2020-07-11 |
Constant Weight Without Fins (CNF) | Male | William Trubridge | New Zealand | 102m | 2016-07-16 |
Constant Weight Without Fins (CNF) | Female | Alessia Zecchini | Italy | 73m | 2018-07-22 |
Constant Weight With Bifins (CWTB) | Male | Alexey Molchanov | Russia | 115m | 2021-09-23 |
Constant Weight With Bifins (CWTB) | Female | Alessia Zecchini | Italy | 109m | 2023-03-29 |
Free Immersion (FIM) | Male | Mateusz Malina | Poland | 127m | 2022-08-11 |
Free Immersion (FIM) | Female | Fatima Konok | Hungary | 102m | 2023-07-26 |
Variable Weight (VWT) | Male | Walid Boudhaif | Tunisia | 150m | 2021-01-17 |
Variable Weight (VWT) | Female | Nanja Van Den Broek | Netherlands | 130m | 2015-10-18 |
No Limit (NLT) | Male | Herbert Nitsch | Austria | 214m | 2007-06-09 |
No Limit (NLT) | Female | Tanya Streeter | United States | 160m | 2002-08-17 |
See also
- Underwater diving portal
References
- ^ "AIDA | Board and Assembly Members".
- ^ "Associate/Observers". European Underwater Federation. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ McKie, N (2004). "Freediving in cyberspace". Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society. 34: 101–3. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "AIDA International Rankings". Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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