Luxury watch brands have started their own bit of competition within the already competitive sport of freediving. The prestigious watch brand Breitling just announced that Herbert Nitsch is singed as its new ambassador. Who is Herbert Nitsch? Let’s discover it together.
Nicknamed “The Flying Fish”, Herbert Nitsch is the first and only man to have descended on a single breath to the amazing depth of 700 feet (214 meters), is now aiming for the legendary 1000 foot barrier, meaning 305 meters beneath the sea. This exceptional athlete is capable of holding his breath for over nine minutes and is renowned for his formidable mental and physical strength.
Since 2001, Herbert Nitsch has already set around 30 world records in the eight official disciplines approved by the International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA), the supreme free diving authority: constant weight; constant weight without fins; free immersion; variable weight; no limit; static apnea; dynamic apnea; and dynamic apnea without fins. In April 2010 in the Bahamas, he established three new records: two in free immersion and one in constant weight. Nonetheless, Nitsch achieved his most glorious feat to date on June 14th 2007, off the Greek island of Spetses, when he reached the depth of 700 feet in the “no limit” category. This prodigious record put him well ahead of his main competitors and is still unequalled to date. An innovative, self-taught athlete, Herbert Nitsch has developed his own breath-holding techniques and his own sometimes revolutionary equipment, including a small balloon that helps him balance his breathing. Nitsch gives top priority to safety issues and cooperates loosely with scientists and doctors in studying the effects on the human body of apnea and deep-sea diving.
This guy no doubt is the right guy Breitling needs as Ambassador.
