William Trubridge set the world record in 'constant weight no fins' with an 84m dive

On this day, 04 April 2008, William Trubridge dived 84m in 3m 20s in constant weight without fins event and set a world record. This record was registered during his participation in Vertical Blue 2008. The diving competition was announced in February 2008 and held between 1 and 11 April 2008.

He rewrote his record in the next six days at the same event i.e., on April 10, 2008, he dived 86 meters. In 2009, he dived deeper and yet again set a new world record at 88m. His best record now stands at 102m which was set in 2016.