Category: World Record
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Severinsen first man to hold breath for 20 minutes
Stig Åvall Severinsen set a new Guinness World Record today, completing a 20 minute, 10 second static breath-hold after breathing pure oxygen for 12 minutes. This was in a shark tank at the Kattegatcentret oceanarium in Greenå, Denmark. Read for instance deeperblue.com
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Severinsen Sets World Record Under Ice
Danish freediver Stig Åvall Severinsen set a new world record last Saturday the 6th of March, swimming 72 meters under ice in one breath. This was in lake Knudsoe near Ry in Denmark. The former world record was 57.5 meters, swum by Wim Hof of the Netherlands in March 2001.