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Mehgan Heaney-Grier

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Mehgan Heaney-Grier, born Mehgan Renee Heaney on 26 August 1977 in Duluth, Minnesota, is an American champion freediver who also works as a fashion model, actress, conservationist and television personality. In 1996, aged 18, she set the first constant weight freediving record in the United States with a dive to 155 feet on a single breath, and in 1997 she improved it to 165 feet. In 1998 she captained the first United States Freediving Team at the World Cup Freediving Championships in Sardinia, Italy, and in 2000 she was part of the inaugural roster inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

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1977 1
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