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William Trubridge celebrates a successful dive in The Bahamas. Photo: Samo Vidic William Trubridge dove his way into a New Years honour. The world champion freediver has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to his sport. Trubridge, who spoke to RNZ in October about his fears of catching Covid-19, began freediving in 2003 and, in 2005, became the first freediver to dive at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas. There he broke his first world record in the discipline of CNF (Constant Weight No Fins) in 2007, diving to 81 metres. Now holder of multiple world records, in...

William Trubridge celebrates a successful dive in The Bahamas. Photo: Samo Vidic The world champion freediver has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to his sport. Trubridge, who spoke to RNZ in October about his fears of catching Covid-19, began freediving in 2003 and, in 2005, became the first freediver to dive at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas. There he broke his first world record in the discipline of CNF (Constant Weight No Fins) in 2007, diving to 81 metres. Now holder of multiple world records, in 2010, Trubridge became the first human to descend to 100 ...

New Year Honours: World champion freediver William Trubridge made Member of NZ Order of Merit 30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Hawke's Bay's freediving world record holder William Trubridge is on the New Year Honours list for his services to the extreme sport. Photo / Supplied Hawkes Bay Today By: Louise Gould If good things really do come in threes, keep an eye out for a Trubridge on next year's New Year Honours list. World champion free diver William Trubridge has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the extreme sport. He said it ...