Déborah Andollo

Deborah Andollo Lopez, also known as Deborah Andollo, (born in Havana in 1967) In 1996, she set a free-diving record of about 357 feet.

A 2001 CNN profile of Andollo stated that she "can free dive more than on one breath. This exceeds the depth most World War II submarines could descend before imploding."

Her first constant ballast dive only took her to , but with a duration of 2 minutes, 16 seconds. In 1993, she hit the 80 meter mark in a variable-ballast direct-immersion dive lasting 2 minutes and 50 seconds. A year later, on July 5, 1994, she spent 2 minutes, 24 seconds to get down 61 meters with constant ballast, a women's world record. Then, on May 26, 1995, at Cayo Largo, she free-dived to without mask or fins, in two minutes and 52 seconds.

Education

She earned a degree in Physical Education at Havana University and started out her athletic career in figure swimming in 1979. In 1992 she switched to breath-held diving, and came to the attention of trainer Omar Oramas. He could see that the petite Cubana, only and but with a lung capacity, had the potential to reach great depths.

Personal life

Andollo Lopez is the mother of a son named Ernesto and a daughter.

Depth Modality Date Place 110 m No Limits May 1996 Isla de la Juv., Cuba (CMAS/AIDA) 65 m constant ballast Dec 1997 Isla de la Juv., Cuba (CMAS) 95 m variable ballast Jul 2000 Parghelia, Italy (AIDA)