Watch Natalia Molchanova, the 53-year-old Russian champion freediver, is feared dead after going missing on Sunday.
Ms Molchanova, who holds 41 world records, was diving for fun off Formentera, a Spanish island near Ibiza, when she failed to surface.
Stephan Whelan, founder of a freediving website, said she may have been caught up in strong underwater currents.
He paid tribute to her 'amazing' sporting achievements..
Watch Natalia Molchanova, the 53-year-old Russian champion freediver, is feared dead after going missing on Sunday.
Ms Molchanova, who holds 41 world records, was diving for fun off Formentera, a Spanish island near Ibiza, when she failed to surface.
Stephan Whelan, founder of a freediving website, said she may have been caught up in strong underwater currents.
He paid tribute to her 'amazing' sporting achievements.
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The Russian woman considered one of the greatest freedivers of all time is feared dead after she failed to surface after a dive in the Mediterranean.
Natalia Molchanova was diving without fins to a planned depth of 35 metres (115ft) near La Savina port on Formentera, a small island south of Ibiza, where it is feared she may have encountered a strong underwater current.
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The world's best freediver is feared dead after going missing during a recreational dive off the coast of Spain.
Natalia Molchanova, the most decorated freediver in the world with 41 world records and 23 world champion titles, was diving in the Balearic Sea, near to the Spanish island of Formentera on Sunday when she failed to surface.
Freediving is a form of underwater diving in which divers hold their breath instead of using a breathing apparatus such as scuba gear.
An August 4 joint statement from Molchanova's family and AIDA International, the worldwide federation for breath-hold diving said: 'Natalia Molchanova was recreationally freediving off the coast of Spain on August 2, 2015 when she was separated from her peers. She was diving without fins to around 30 to 40 meters (98 to 132 feet) and (supposedly) got into (a) strong underwater current.
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She pushed the boundaries of freediving for 12 years, her habit of setting world records earning her the nickname the Machine.
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But Natalia Molchanova – the Russian considered the greatest freediver of all time – is now feared dead after failing to surface after a recreational dive with friends off the Spanish island of Formentera at the weekend.
The tightknit community devoted to freediving, or diving without breathing apparatus, has reacted with shock. Commentator Stephan Whelan said: 'This came as a complete surprise. She wasn't trying to go for any records, or push herself at all, she was just on holiday, relaxing with some friends.'
Molchanova, 53, holds 41 world records in freediving and can hold her breath for nine minutes. In May, she dived to a depth of 71 metres in waters off Egypt.
'She almost consistently set two to three world records every year. And in 2005, she set nine different world records,' said Whelan. 'She was amazing at churning out these freedive records. We had never seen anything like it.'
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