Talents

Start of the 2018 season with a new STA personal record!

The freediving season is slowly starting and the best freedivers in the world are warming up for the upcoming world championship competition. Matt Malina, Grena® sponsored athlete started out strong with breaking yet another of his records! Fazza Championships 2018 in Dubai An early spring competition is the Fazza Championships, which is being held annually... Read more

First attempt at bi-fin DYN – World Record 229m

In September 2016, at the Brno MiniComp in Czech, Matt Malina attempted to break the current record in Bi-Fin dynamics.  First of all, some background info. Matt usually competes in competitions defined by AIDA rules - one of the biggest freediving organizations.  The bi-fin dynamics discipline is not officially recognized by AIDA, but it is by... Read more

New World Records in DYN and DNF – July 2016

Matt participated in the AIDA Individual Pool World Championships 2016 and surprised everyone with breaking record after record! The competition took place on 25th June - 3rd July 2016 in Turku, Finland. Matt broke three world records during this competition - one during the eliminations and two in the finals. The current official record stands as follows:... Read more

Polish Pool Championships in Lublin and my new DYN World Record

Today I have finally some time to write-up about the events that took place over the last weekend! [VIDEO OF A WORLD RECORD SWIM IS BELOW] Polish pool championships was a triple win for me. I have improved the AIDA World Record in dynamic with fins by 4m up to 285m, I have become the... Read more

2015/16 Speed Skating Season

The speed skating 2015/16 season is already over and even though I was not writing much on my blog, I was training hard and from my point of view the season ended on a good note. You can read about my changing teams in my last blog post: The road to new opportunities 2015/16 World Cup... Read more

Fazza Championships 2016 in Dubai and new personal best in STA!

On the beginning of March I flew down to Dubai, UAE to take part in the Fazza Championships. This was my second time competing in these Championships. The rules are a bit different than the usual AIDA rules, so last year I tried taking part to test myself in this new environment. You can read... Read more

Silesia Freediving Cup 2015

Last weekend I participated in the 6th Silesian Freediving Cup. The competitions' main goal is to promote the team spirit among freedivers as well as encourage women to freedive - so only teams of 3 could take part in it and at least one of the trio should be a female. I teamed up with... Read more

Zlin Cup 2015 – 24th October 2015

A bit than a month ago on October 24th, 2015 I participated in the Zlin Cup 2015 - a freediving competition focused on two pool disciplines: the STA and DNF. I have been attending this competition for years, except last year when I went to compete in the Vertical Blue '14. This year I could... Read more

Media Day in Warsaw

On Saturday, November 7th, 2015 I was a guest in a Polish morning show "Pytanie na Śniadanie", shown in the Polish TV station. The topic we were talking about was unusual passions and I got to explain in a few words what freediving is and what my achievements are. Here you can watch the few-minutes-short... Read more

AIDA Depth World Championships 2015, Limmasol, Cyprus

The AIDA Individual Depth World Championships have just finished on Sunday. Since September 5th, 2015 until September 20th, 2015, the best freedivers in the world trained and competed in the Mediterranean Sea in three depth disciplines: CNF (Constant weight apnea without fins), CWF (Constant weight apnea), FIM (Free immersion) in Limassol, Cyprus. The weather and... Read more