AIDA has recorded a new series of international records in competitive freediving, with Petar Klovar and Zsófia Törőcsik as the main protagonists in depth disciplines. The freediver from Croatia reached 137 metres in Free Immersion -FIM-, the deepest dive ever recorded in competition, while the athlete from Hungary set the women’s world record in the same discipline with 105 metres.
Both records came at the AIDA Mabini Depth Quest – Season 4, held in Mabini, Batangas, in the Philippines, an event that also produced another men’s world record for Klovar in Constant Weight Bi-Fins -CWTB-, with 128 metres, pending doping results. AIDA’s recent activity also included several continental records in pool disciplines for athletes from South America and North America.
Klovar records the deepest dive in competition
Klovar reached 137 metres in Free Immersion, a discipline in which the freediver descends and ascends by pulling on the rope, without fins. AIDA’s record became the deepest dive in competition history and added a new reference point to the Croatian’s career in depth events.
The freediver explained the record through a view linked to personal challenge and self-knowledge. “I think that’s the point, that through hardship you can prove more of yourself, and that you’re true to yourself,” he said. “I was lucky enough that I found a sport where by challenging myself I can be a top athlete in that sport,” added Klovar, who also said: “I very well know what I am now and what I’m not, and I’m just not trying to pretend I’m something I’m not anymore.”
Two world records in the same week
The Free Immersion record was not Klovar’s only world mark during the competition. Days later, the Croatian reached 128 metres in Constant Weight Bi-Fins, his first world record in the discipline and his second of the week, pending doping results. “I can do it all, it’s difficult. I can do it all. That’s it,” he said after a series of dives that placed him among the leading figures of the event.
Klovar also linked the competitive process to moments of personal and sporting difficulty. “When you’re through something hard, when you’re down, then you know, okay, this is what I am,” said the Croatian freediver, who ended the week with two new world records in two different depth disciplines.
Zsófia Törőcsik takes the women’s FIM record to 105 metres
Törőcsik set the new women’s Free Immersion world record with a 105-metre dive in Mabini. The Hungarian freediver explained her mark through confidence in a discipline where she feels particularly secure and where mental control is a central part of performance.
“I just feel some fire in myself, which I think brings me closer and closer to my goals,” said Törőcsik. “I think if you are aware enough what are you doing, and why you are doing it, and what you are capable of, then you can pull yourself back to total control or over control. If there is a spot where I feel 100% confident, then this is that one,” she added.
The Hungarian athlete also described the dive through intuition and trust in her own sensations. “I went down just by the feelings, decided to go for it, and that’s it,” she said after completing the descent. After receiving confirmation of the world record, Törőcsik summed up the competitive process from a broader perspective: “The journey itself, for me, it’s amazing. I like it really, really much.”
Continental pool records for the Americas
AIDA’s series of results also included five continental records for South America at the AIDA USA Pool National Championships 2026. Carolina López Arango, from Colombia, achieved 6:05 in Static Apnea -STA- and 156 metres in Dynamic No Fins -DNF-, while Nara Martins Ishikawa, from Brazil, reached 221 metres in Dynamic Bi-Fins -DYNB-, 162 metres in DNF and 204 metres in Dynamic -DYN-.
In North America, Amelia De Los Rios, from the United States, set a continental STA record with 6:55 at the AIDA Panglao Pool Championship 2026 – Season 6, held in Panglao. The sequence of marks left Mabini as the main focus for world depth records and pool events as the stage for updated continental records in AIDA’s recent calendar.
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