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| Full name | Sofía Gómez Uribe | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | National University of Colombia at Medellín | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freediving | ||||||||||||||
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| Regional finals | 2013 Bolivarian Games | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sofía Gómez Uribe (Latin American Spanish:[soˈfiaˈɣomesuˈɾiβe]; born 15 April 1992)[1] is a Colombianfreediver andcivil engineer. She holds six national records in three different freediving disciplines ("depth apneas"), aBolivarian Games record set at the2013 Games inTrujillo, Peru, that won her a gold medal in theWomen's individual dynamic apnea free-diving event, and a Pan-American record indynamic apnea with equipment.[2]
Gómez was born inPereira,Risaralda, Colombia. Her parents Francisco and Mónica are fromSanta Marta. Gómez attended the Immaculate Heart of Mary School. In 2001, she took upsynchronised swimming and in 2002, she took upfinswimming. After finishing high school, Gómez moved toBogotá for a year and now lives inMedellín.[3] In 2016, she graduated from theNational University of Colombia at Medellín, and she now works as acivil engineer.[1][4] In 2017, Gómez set up a fundraising campaign to help people in Dominica affected byHurricane Maria.[5] In 2020, Gómez apologised forracist andclassist comments made onTwitter between 2010 and 2011.[6][7]
Goméz is in a relationship with chef Juan Diego Vanegas.[8] The couple announced their engagement in June 2021,[9] and married in March 2022.[10]
In 2013, a friend encouraged Gómez to take up freediving, a sport that involvesunderwater diving without breathing apparatus. After some training, she managed to dive 40 metres (130 ft), and decided to take up the sport professionally.[3] In her first year, Gómez attempted to break the Pan-American record fordynamic apnea, but became unconscious after swimming for 180 metres (590 ft).[2]
In 2014, she broke the dynamic apnea record by swimming for 195.76 metres (642.3 ft) inChiapas, Mexico.[2] In 2016, she broke the Pan-American records for the constant weight with fins and free immersion events at theVertical Blue competition.[4]
In 2017, she broke theCMAS Constant Weight Bi-Fins freediving world record after descending 83.1 metres (273 ft) in a time of 2 minutes and 43 seconds, beating Alenka Artnik's previous record of 82 metres (269 ft) set the previous year inKaş, Turkey.[3][4][11] Two days later, she broke her own world record by diving 84 metres (276 ft).[3][11][12][13] At the 2017 CMAS World Championship, Artnik and Ukrainian Nataliia Zharkova both dived 85 metres (279 ft).[14][15]
In 2018, Gómez participated in a scientific study to measure her body's functions in extreme conditions.[13] In September 2018, Gómez set a new women's world record with a Constant Weight with bi-fins (CWT) dive to 86 metres (282 ft). The record was set under World Underwater Federation (CMAS) rules at the Kas Baska freediving competition in advance of the CMAS World Championships.[16]
In 2021, Gómez returned to freediving, having taken a break due to a medical issue and theCOVID-19 pandemic. She was sponsored byGrupo Argos.[17] She came third at the 2022 Vertical Blue event.[18]
