Achim Schlöffel

Achim Schlöffel (2013)

Achim Schlöffel (born October 20, 1971 in Munich ) is a German diver . He is the first person to dive the English Channel .

Schlöffel learned to dive as an autodidact at the age of seven and completed more than 1000 dives before he went through official training.

After working as an instructor for Global Underwater Explorers for a long time , he founded InnerSpace Explorers - ISE, his own international diving association.

On June 29, 2012, Schlöffel dived from Dymchurch near Dover in England to Audresselles in France. He was driven about 10 km by the current, his GPS device failed due to strong waves. The dive time was about 8 hours plus 160 minutes of decompression time. The equipment configuration included a double diving scooter specially developed for the project and a redundant manual rebreather .

Schlöffel has been married for the third time since April 2012, is the father of twins and lives in Munich. In addition to the diving association ISE, he runs a boat restoration company and works as a photographer.

Web links

• Schlöffels homepage with excerpts from his photographic work
• Schlöffels homepage regarding his boat restoration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Taucher.Net: Diving world record attempt
2. ↑ Sat1 Bavaria: Dived through the English Channel - world record!  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ About ISE ( English ) is-expl.com. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
4. ↑ South German: 65 kilometers under water
5. ↑ Schlöffel dives through the English Channel! (June 29, 2012) ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Diver news, accessed June 30, 2012