
Umberto Pelizzari
Tricolor pride in the deep Blue
Umberto Pelizzari is widely considered among the best of all times. Pelizzari established world records in all outdoor freediving disciplines (Constant Weight, Variable Weight and No-Limits) that existed in the period when he competed.
It was very famous his rivalry with Cuban freediver, Pipin Ferreras, originally a close training friend. In No-Limits, Pelizzari and Ferreras led to the furthering of the limits of what was considered to be humanly possible at that time. Their rivalry is documented in the 2001 IMAX production Ocean Men: Extreme Dive.
During his career, he achieved 82 meters (262 feet) in Constant Weight, 131 meters (429 feet) in Variable Weight and 150 meters (492 feet) in No-Limits. His best performance in Static Apnea is 8’ and 19’56” (during medical tests) after breathing pure oxygen. Pelizzari has also founded Apnea Academy, the international freediving education association, and co-authored the widely used Manual of Freediving. Pelizzari is part of the Instructor staff of the famous Italian Special Intervention Group (G.I.S. Gruppo di Intervento Speciale dei Carabinieri). The Italian Ministry of the Interior has nominated him as a member of the Instructor staff to the divers of the Firefighters Corps. Pelizzari has been also working as a presenter and as guest in TV shows particularly focused on the environment.
Athletes

Adriano Riggio
Team Omer - Italy

Benoit Dupont
Team Omer - France

Claudio Marconcini
Team Omer - Italy

Dali Benhfaied
Team Omer - France

Dan Silveira
Team Omer - USA

Diego Mazzocchi
Team Omer - Italy

Eloy Martinez
Team Omer - Spain

Francois Talarmin
Team Omer - France

Gregory Salvet
Team Omer - France

Jon Barretto
Team Omer - USA

Marnie Balubar
Team Omer - USA

Martial Cottin
Team Omer - France

Nicola Strambelli
Team Omer - Italy

Oscar Cervantes
Team Omer - Spain

Oscar Sebastia
Team Omer - Spain

Pietro Cascione
Team Omer - Italy

Raul Astorga
Team Omer - Spain

Roberto Deiana
Team Omer - Italy

Roberto Poggioli
Team Omer - Italy

Rocco Cuccaro
Team Omer - Italy

Shelby Eisenberg
Team Omer - USA

Valerio Losito
Team Omer - Italy

Woody Brown
Team Omer - USA

Yohann Borde
Team Omer - France
Ambassador

Dailos Guerra
Team Omer - Spain

Damien Lucena
Team Omer - France

Fabio Straolzini
Team Omer - Italy

Francesco Sena
Team Omer - Italy

Francine Kreiss
Team Omer - France

Ilaria Molinari
Team Omer - Italy

Jason Lafferty
Team Omer - USA

Jill Wenderlich
Team Omer - USA

Kimberly Jeffries
Team Omer - USA

Ludovic Morizur
Team Omer - France

Steffen Loic
Team Omer - France

Tolga Taskin
Team Omer - Germany

Vincent Laborde
Team Omer - France
Tester

Alessandro Mastrobuoni
Team Omer - Italy

Clauss Dragomir
Team Omer - Greece

Giuseppe Meduri
Team Omer - Italy

Kyle Faust
Omer America Team Manager

Luca Bartoli
Team Omer - Italy

Marco Pisello
Team Omer - Italy
