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Patrick Musimu (12 October 1970 – 21 July 2011) was aBelgianfreediver, sport business manager, marketing and event manager, andphysiotherapist. He was born inKinshasa,Zaire. On 30 June 2005, he beat the previous "No Limits" world record in freediving by almost 40 meters by diving to 209 meters. Following his request, this dive was done without the supervision of the International Association for Freediving agency, from which Musimu dissociated since 2002. According to him, extreme deep freediving should not be considered as a sport but as an adventure.
Musimu began diving in 1999 at the age of 28, intrigued by what he called "dolphin-men". His secret lay in years and years of training and preparation, but special attention should be given to hisear clearing technique: instead of equalizing his ears by the regular maneuvers, he flooded his air spaces (sinus and middle ears) with seawater before reaching the depth where ordinary equalization would become hard. He had alung capacity of 9 litres and could hold his breath for more than 8 min 33 sec. In Stan Lee's Superhumans, a show on theHistory Channel, Musimu claimed meditation and yoga to be the reason behind his apparent powers of holding breath.
On 21 July 2011, Musimu died while pool training alone inBrussels, Belgium, and was found by his wife and daughter.[1][2]
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