Nikolay Linder

Nikolay "Nik" Linder (born July 16, 1975 in Stuttgart ) is a German freediver . During his playing days, he set several world records and German records.

Nik Linder (2016)

Life

As a teenager, Nik Linder discovered his enthusiasm for apnea diving, especially for distance diving, through club swimming. As a trainer for apnea diving at a Freiburg diving center , he continued to work intensively with apnea sports and made it increasingly professional.

Linder works as an author for diving magazines. In addition, together with the photographer Phil Simha, he has published two books that have been translated into several languages.

Linder developed the Relaqua relaxation concept, which has its origins in apnea diving. Different techniques - e.g. B. meditation , ( pranayama ) yoga and the diving reflex that is present in every mammal - are used here to relax.

As a freediving expert, Linder travels around the world, trains apnea divers (according to the standards of SSI Freediving and AIDA International ), conducts Relaqua courses, gives lectures and accompanies freediving events.

Linder lives with his family near Freiburg im Breisgau .

Records

• 2010: German record in distance diving / lake without fin: 105 m. Erected in the Nimburger See (Germany)
• 2010: German record in distance diving / lake with fin: 136 m. Erected in the Nimburger See (Germany)
• 2010: World record in distance diving under ice without a fin: 68 m. Erected in Garichtisee (Switzerland)
• 2011: World record in distance diving under ice with fin: 103 m. Erected in Garichtisee (Switzerland)
• 2011: World record in distance diving under ice with fin: 108 m. Set up in Weißensee (Austria)
• 2013: World record in distance diving under ice without a fin: 77 m. Set up in Weißensee (Austria)
• 2013: World record in distance diving under ice without a fin: 84 m. Set up in Weißensee (Austria)
• 2018: World record in 24-hour distance diving without fins (team): 198.25 km. Erected in Freiburg (Germany)

Competitions

• 2009: 1st place in the Freiburg Time Diving Championship
• 2009: 3rd place international Swiss championship in Lausanne
• 2010: 4th place National German Championship Berlin
• 2012: Bronze at the German Cup 2012 and 5th place at the Rhein Main Cup in Wiesbaden
• 2012: 3rd place national German championship deep diving and bronze in free immersion (FIM)
• 2013: 1st place South German Champion and overall victory at the South German Championship in Stuttgart

Publications

• with Phil Simha: Apnea: Techniques, Secrets & Lifestyle of Freediving. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2015, ISBN 978-3-667-10157-0 (2nd, revised edition, 2015, ISBN 978-3-667-10664-3 ).
• with Phil Simha: Apnea & Meditation: With Relaqua relaxed to success in the water and in everyday life. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-667-10959-0 .

Web links

• Nik Linder's website
• Literature by Nikolay Linder in the catalog of the German National Library