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JACQUES MAYOL 

Jacques Mayol also lovingly know as the “Dolphin Man” was a writer, sea researcher and famous free- diver, holder of a dozen world records and widely acclaimed for his pioneering work in the field of deep breath-hold diving.

In 1966 off of Free-Port, Bahamas he went past the “limit of no return” 60 meters.  Then in 1976 off the island of Elba, Italy in a historical record setting dive, he became the first man to go to the remarkable depth of 100 meters (330 ft) that lasted 3 min and 40 sec! This dive was the culmination of over 20 years of hard training, experimental and medical research and represents one of the greatest achievements in Sport and was attempted in the face of doctor’s predictions that Mayol would “for sure this time” collapse under the pressure.
And finally in 1983 at the age of 56 he achieved the depth of 105 meters.

Mayol was an explorer and adventure and did not like to be considered as someone seeking to become a “world Champion” for Omega seamaster jacques mayol.