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free diver

American  
[free dahyv-er] / ˈfri ˈdaɪv ər /

noun

free divers plural
  1. a person who swims underwater without using breathing equipment, such as scuba gear, often at significant depths or for significant periods of time.


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Alex Dawson has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024, for his image of a free diver examining the aftermath of whaling.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

Until his next move, he plans to use that free diver discipline to counter the anxieties of living in China.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

A chance meeting on a shared flight years earlier had given Krack, a veteran free diver who worked on the 2009 documentary “The Cove,” the opportunity to introduce himself to Cameron.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Almost a year after Pollard survived this attack, a free diver and spear fisher Norman Galli, then 50, dropped into a glassy sea off a small island near Albany, a five-hour drive further south.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2019

Natalia Molchanova, 53, a record-setting free diver, is presumed dead after she did not surface from a dive in the Balearic Sea, off the eastern coast of Spain.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2015

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