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Hungarian Freediver Sets Pending World Record With 350-Foot Dive
Zsófia Törőcsik is a diver from Hungary.
She swam down to 108 metres underwater without using fins.
She pulled herself along a rope to go down and back up.
The dive took four minutes.
It was five metres deeper than her rival Natalia Zharkova’s dive.
Törőcsik also broke her own earlier mark of 107 metres.
She won the free immersion title at the 2026 World Apnea Depth Championships.
Officials still need to confirm the record.
She said she was very happy with what she achieved.
Hungarian freediver Zsófia Törőcsik dived 108 metres (350 feet) at the 2026 World Apnea Depth Championships.
She won the women’s free immersion world title, but the record is awaiting ratification.
The four-minute dive beat Törőcsik’s previous August record of 107 metres.
Törőcsik’s dive was five metres deeper than rival Natalia Zharkova’s performance.
In free immersion, divers pull themselves along a rope without using fins.
- Who
- Hungarian freediver Zsófia Törőcsik, competing against Ukrainian diver Natalia Zharkova.
- What
- Törőcsik completed a 108-metre (350-foot) free immersion dive and won the world title; the record is pending ratification.
- Where
- The article does not specify the competition location.
- When
- At the 2026 World Apnea Depth Championships; the article does not give the date.
- Why
- The article does not state a specific reason beyond competing for the free immersion world title.
Key facts
- Diver
- Zsófia Törőcsik of Hungary
- Dive depth
- 108 metres (350 feet)
- Dive duration
- Four minutes
- Competition
- 2026 World Apnea Depth Championships
- Discipline
- Women’s free immersion (FIM)
- Previous personal record
- 107 metres, set in August
- Record status
- Pending ratification
- Margin over rival
- Five metres over Natalia Zharkova
Quotes
Zsófia Törőcsik
Hungarian free diver who set the reported free-immersion world record.
“Every time you defeat yourself, it brings you closer to that voice in your head that finally says: yes, you are indeed capable of it.”
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“My happiness was sky-high today”
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Social media user
User reacting to The Washington Post’s video of the dive.
“Oh wow. So proud of her and my little country. ❤️🤍💚”
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Sources
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