Alessia Zecchini, is a World Record holding free diver with an incredible 35 world records and 17 world titles to her name. In 2019 she became the first woman to have reached a depth of 100m exclusively with the use of her arms (free immersion).
Over 130 swim enthusiasts joined Alessia alongside broadcaster and Brighton resident Marco Montemagno for a Q&A session on her life and career to date.
The Q&A focused on how she started out on her freediving journey, through to some of her favourite dive sites all laced with anecdotes and memories.
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Alessia said:
“Meeting fellow water enthusiasts and sharing my story and passion for freediving is what I love to do. The Sea Lanes audience were great and interested in what I had to talk about and all in all it made for a rewarding day at Sea Lanes for me.”
Alessia is the subject of Netflix’s The Deepest Breath, which documents a traumatic 2017 incident in Alessia’s life, where she and her partner, Irish free diver Stephan Keenan, participated in a training dive in Dahab, Egypt, only for the latter to never return. Moving on from this terrible loss, Alessia is the epitome of overcoming adversity.
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Marco Montemagno, hosted the event and said:
“Alessia is an inspiration and the adversity that she has overcome is inspiring. Sea Lanes was a great location to do the talk in. The distances people travelled to come to hear and to meet a legend of Freediving, shows that there is a spirit of adventure in all of us!”
The event is the first of its kind at Sea Lanes Brighton and raised vital funds for Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club.
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