Martin Stepanek

Martin Štěpánek (born in Náchod, Czech Republic on June 5, 1977) is a world class free-diver and record-holder. From 1984 to 1997 he was a competitive monofin swimmer (finswimmer) (distances 50m and 100m). He became USA Certified as a Deep Sea and Saturation Commercial Diver in May 1999. Afterwards, he became an instructor of Performance Freediving (June 2001).
He set nine world records in five AIDA disciplines: (Static Apnea, Constant Weight, Constant Weight without fins, Free Immersion, and Variable Weight). Until recently he held the world record in Free Immersion with -106m (in 3min 52s) achieved on April 3, 2007 in the Cayman Islands and broke the Constant Weight without fins with -83m (in 3min 28s) achieved on August 8, 2007 at Dahab, Egypt. However the Constant Weight without fins record was voided because a tag was not used in the dive.
Martin is not only a champion but also a very talented teacher, from his experience as an athlete and his knowledge in physiology (Studied at Charles University in Prague) he has developed a proven training program along with teaching standards that allows professional athletes to go further into the blue and satisfy the recreational freediver for fun breath hold touring on the reef. (read less)

Martin Štěpánek (born in Náchod, Czech Republic on June 5, 1977) is a world class free-diver and record-holder. From 1984 to 1997 he was a competitive monofin swimmer (finswimmer) (distances 50m and 100m). He became USA Certified as a Deep Sea and Saturation Commercial Diver in May 1999. Afterwards, he became an instructor of Performance Freediving (June 2001).
He set nine world records in five AIDA disciplines: (Static Apnea, Constant Weight, Constant Weight without fins, Free Immersion, and... (read more)