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Jacques Mayol (1 April 1927 – 22 December 2001) was a French diver and the holder of many world records in free diving. [1] The 1988 film The Big Blue , directed by Luc Besson , was inspired by his life story and that of his friend, Enzo Maiorca .
Jun 16, 2003 · Oh, God, if only Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca could've lived with the limits. If only the Frenchman and the Italian hadn't devised weighted sleds sliding down cables to smash the depth barriers in the '60s and '70s, Pipín's quest could've remained simple and pure, and nobody would've had to die.
Nov 30, 2021 · Jacques Mayol was already a profoundly respected freediver when the Sicilian Maiorca showed up on the scene, claiming the world record with a dive to 49m in 1960 and pushing the limit to 54m in 1965. Mayol was not obviously competitive by nature but he stole the Sicilian’s record by diving to 60m off the Bahamas the following year.
Mar 18, 2019 · Beautifully...Dolphin Man examines the extraordinary legacy and complex life story of Jacques Mayol, the first free-diver to reach 100 meters below the sea. Beautifully shot, the film seeks to understand what drove Mayol to dive so deep, and uncovers his dark side and what led to his suicide in 2001. Show More. Also available on.
Jacques Mayol , was the first man in the world to descend to 100 meters (330 feet), a feat he accomplished in 1976. He followed this with yet another record-breaking drop to 105 meters (346 feet) into the depths of the sea, this at the age of 56. Jacques, born in 1927, died in Italy in December 2001, thus bringing to an end a life-long passion ...
In the 60’s and 70’s, freediving world champions Jaques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca face one another in the blue, beating each other’s records. Their performances leave medical experts of those times speechless, and bring freediving to the attention of the general public. It is Mayol, the Frenchman, who finally prevails on the Italian ...
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Jacques Mayol was born on 1 April 1927 in Shanghai, China. He was a writer, known for The Big Blue (1988), Ushuaïa, le magazine de l'extrême (1987) and Gaia Symphony II (1999). He died on 22 December 2001 in Capoliveri, Tuscany, Italy.
