Gaspare Battaglia

Gaspare Battaglia is an Italian freediver born on 13 March 1968, active in static apnea, dynamic apnea, constant weight and jump blue. He began competing in 1996, the year of the first world freediving championship, and won world team titles in 1996, 1998 and 2001. In 2004 he became individual CMAS Jump Blue world champion with a dive of 135 metres, a world record, and in 1999 he set a world record in freshwater constant weight at 60 metres. He has also won many Italian titles in static and dynamic apnea, set Italian records including a static apnea mark of 8 minutes 21 seconds in 2016, and received honours from the Italian National Olympic Committee.