Alenka Artnik is the deepest female freediver in the world. Originating from Slovenia, she transformed her life and broke free of her old bonds to pursue this amazing sport and its deeper dimensions. Alenka first appeared on Episode #57 of the show. In this episode we discuss: She was in Dahab for training at the time of the interview. What are the biggest changes Alenka has noticed in Dahab in the 7 years since she was last here? Alenka got married! Congratulations! Alenka's feelings on the recent doping scandal in freediving. What has changed most in Alenka's training over the last 5 year ..read more

Kateryna Sadurska is a world record holding freediving athlete from Ukraine. Kate joined me at The Little Blue in Dahab to discuss her amazing 2023, how she trained for those huge dives and how her philosophy of freediving is evolving. She first appeared on Episode #139 of the podcast. In this episode we discuss: This was the first Freedive Cafe interview filmed at The Little Blue | Freediver's Oasis in Dahab. Kate first appeared on Episode #139 of The Freedive Cafe. A breakdown of Kate's last year including some incredible World Records in CNF. Congratulations on Kate's first 100m dive! No ..read more

Davide Carrera was born in Turin in Italy and began freediving as a child during his summers spent in Leguria. He has was part of the World Championship winning teams of 1996 and 2001 and established a FIM world record shortly after when he dove to 91m.  He moved away from the competitive sphere in the end and went on to study yoga extensively, and he integrates that into his freediving, and it was his tale of solitary wandering across the mediterranean in his 28 foot trimaran that inspired my first interest in Davide. We first spoke 5 years ago on episode 22 of the freedive cafe podcast ..read more

Alexey Molchanov is a multi-world record holding and world record breaking freediving athlete and arguably the greatest and most consistent freediving athlete of all time. In this episode we discuss: This is the 150th episode of The Freedive Cafe! Alexey was in Cyprus at the time of recording, preparing for the AIDA World Championships. Alexey's thoughts on the doping accusations against Vitomir Maricic and Petar Klovar and doping in freediving. Is it time for new freediving organisations? Talking about Alexey's competition and how his training has evolved since we last spoke. Questions from ..read more

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Bevin Reynolds is a competitive pool freediver with multiple national and African continental records.  Despite only coming into the sport 18 months before her first AIDA Indoor World Championships this year, she took home 3 medals and the title of Vice-World Champion. In this episode we discuss: Bevin is from the suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa She had an early affinity and feel for the water. Started in swimming school at a very young age. Getting into some bad habits at school. Bevin did an honours degree in biotechnology, biochemistry and microbio ..read more

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Shadi Türk is a Syrian former fixer and journalist who worked through 10 years of the terrible war in his home country. After reaching his breaking point in this capacity he embarked on a journey of discovery which led him to Kaş, Türkiye, and the new adventure of deep freediving. In this episode we discuss: Shadi was born and raised in Syria and moved to Türkiye when he was 18, where he studied architecture. How Shadi became a fixer and a journalist. The psychological impact of seeing so much death and destruction. Shadi was working in Syria for 10 years in his fixing/journalistic capacity ..read more

Khaled ELGammal is Egypt's deepest diver and the first to reach the 100m mark. Today we hear about how Khaled left a corporate life working in oil and gas to dedicate himself to training for and teaching freediving. In this episode we discuss: Khaled was fresh back from Kuwait where he was acting as safety diver for the CMAS Indoor World Championships. Shout out to co-host Jordy Duncan who is competing for Australia at the AIDA World Championships in Jeju, South Korea. Khaled is originally from Cairo. He left s corporate job in oil and gas to focus on freediving full time. He was a competiti ..read more

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