Who are some famous divers?
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Who are some famous divers?
The Living Legends of Dive
- BOB HOLLIS. Age: 80. Vocation: Engineer and Inventor.
- JORDAN KLEIN SR. Age: 81. Vocation: Oceanographer and Explorer.
- DICK LONG. Age: 80. Vocation: inventor and founder of DUI.
- ZALE PARRY. Age: 84. Vocation: Instructor, Inventor, Record-holder, Actress.
- STAN WATERMAN. Age: 94.
- SYLVIA EARLE. Age: 81.
Who is the most famous scuba diver in the world?
Famous scuba divers. Almost everyone has heard of Jacques Cousteau. He is probably the most famous diver in the history of scuba diving.
Who is the best deep sea diver?
Welcome to the Officially Amazing universe, Ahmed Gabr. Ahmed, a 41-year-old Egyptian, has broken the record for the deepest SCUBA dive, plunging an astonishing 332.35 m (1,090 ft 4.5 in) in the Red Sea off the coast of Dahab, Egypt.
Who is best Olympic diving?
Wu Minxia
Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Diving at the Olympic Games (including 2021)
| rank | name | rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Minxia | 33 |
| 2 | Chen Ruolin | 30 |
| 3 | Guo Jingjing | 28 |
| 4 | Fu Mingxia | 26 |
How deep can salvage divers go?
He is a saturation diver—one of the men (just about all have been men*) who do construction and demolition work at depths up to 1,000 feet or more below the surface of the ocean. Diving to that depth—or just about any depth—involves breathing pressurized air.
Who has dived the deepest?
Ahmed Gabr
The deepest dive ever (on record) is 1,082 feet (332 meters) set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014. That depth is the equivalent of approximately 10 NBA basketball courts aligned vertically.
Who has the highest single dive score in Olympic history?
Matthew Mitcham
Australian Diver, Matthew Mitcham is credited with having received the highest single-dive score in Olympic history. At the 2008 Olympic Games, in Beijing, China, Mitcham chose to execute a two-and-one-half somersault with two-and-one-half twists in the pike position for his last dive.