Mateusz Malina

Diving since November 2008. Won his first world vice-championship on September 24, 2011 in the Free Immersion discipline by diving 106 m in Kalamata, Greece. Placed 2nd in the World Absolute Freediver Award 2012 for one of the best results in all freediving disciplines.

Won his first World Championship on June 25th, 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia in the DNF disciple reaching 214m.

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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
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Winning the DNF World Champion Title in Belgrade

Biggest goal for this year achieved. I am now the World Champion and World Record holder in DNF! Now it’s time to beat the World Record at World Championships :) 8 months ago when I broke the WR in DNF I thought nothing is going to stop me from winning in Belgrade. I remember how... Read more
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Great Start at the Polish Freediving Pool Championships in Morawica

Hello everybody! Last weekend I've taken part in the Polish Freediving Pool Championships held in Morawica near Kielce.  They were organised by the Freediving Club Kielecki Klub Freedivingu „DNF” at the Koral swimming pool. I have won first place overall with achieving the following results: 203m DNF, 6:59 STA and last but not least 186m... Read more
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Dubai experience

I’m back from Dubai with a bag full of experience :) As I expected beforehand the Fazza diving competition was a challenge on a whole different level. It has its own set of rules that differ from the AIDA rules most freedivers know and follow. The uniqueness of the rules require adequate preparations throughout the... Read more
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Fazza 3 Championships and Freediving Clinic in Dubai

Hello fellow Freedivers and supporters, Recently I have decided to take part in the Fazza 3 Championships which will take place from 5 - 7 March 2015 in Dubai, UAE. I was preparing one month for this competition, which is a very short time frame considering that the discipline over there is completely different from... Read more
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AIDA announces wild cards for 2015 World Championships

Last week, AIDA International published a list of "Wild Card" bids for the World Championships in 2015 - separated into depth and pool disciplines. The ten best athletes of every discipline in the world were granted a place on this list. My name was also among the athletes granted a "wild card" in two of... Read more
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Silesia Freediving Cup was a lot of fun!

It was a great time for me, because I could meet my Polish freeediving friends, with whom I didn't compete for a long time. What was specifically interesting in this International Silesia Freediving Cup was that every team that wanted to compete for the Grand Prize had to include at least one female competitor! A brilliant idea to encourage... Read more
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Day 1 of the Vertical Blue Competition and a new record!

Yesterday was the first day of the Vertical Blue 2014 Competition that is being held in one of the best freediving locations in the world (my personal #2 spot in the world) - the Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island. My first announced depth was 113m, which was also a Polish National Record attempt and I... Read more
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My first World Record – DNF 226m in Brno!

Everything has started last year after Belgrade. Everything happens for a reason! My motivation and will is unbreakable. As many times as I fail as many times I will stand up and face the challenge! On Sunday I’ve finally reached my goal. I can’t express how happy I am. I know that nothing lasts forever... Read more
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Last minute news! New DNF world record set!

Flash NEWS! During Brno Freediving Competition I have just reached 226m in DNF which is a new WORLD RECORD!!  Thanks Grena LTD and all other people for the support! Roman Ondruj for organising this event! More news and info once I get back home :) Read more