Herbert Nitsch is an Austrian free-diver who has held world records in all of the eight apnea free-diving disciplines recognised by AIDA International.
He is the current freediving world record champion and “the deepest man on earth”. This title was given to him, when he set the current world record in No Limits discipline at the incredible depth of 214 meters. To date, he has achieved 31 official World Records.
Nitsch, who works part time as a pilot for Tyrolean Airways, holds the No Limits record, the prestigious title of "Deepest man on Earth" in which the diver can make use of a weighted sled to descend as far as possible and uses an air-filled balloon to return to the surface.
Nitsch set the world record in Spetses, Greece in June 2007 when he descended to 214 meters, beating his own record of 183 meters set the previous year
