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Rising Star
Tanya Streeter
The leading female freediver commands an iron will to fight the instinct to breathe
By Thomas Barnhill


	Fish Girl: Tanya Streeter works out near her home in Austin, June 2001

Age: 28.

How Italian freediving superstar Umberto Pelizzari evaluates Streeter's potential: "She's the strongest woman freediver in the world."

World-record depth, in feet, she reached earlier this year on the island of Guadeloupe while constant-ballast freediving, swimming into the abyss, and returning to the surface on a single breath of air: 230.

Deepest point, in feet, she's reached by plunging on a weighted sled and rocketing back up via an inflated airbag: 370.

Water pressure at that depth, in PSI: 180.

Pressure change, in PSI, that can potentially rupture an eardrum: nine.

How she fights her instinct to breathe: "I just don't accept it as something that's going to stop me."

Longest time she has held her breath, while training in a pool: six minutes, eight seconds.

Event Coverage

Check www.outsidemag.com on October 15 for a full report of Tanya Streeter's record-setting attempt at the freediving world championships.

Longest time, in minutes, you can probably hold yours: one.

Depth, in feet, she hopes to reach in September to shatter the women's world record in no-limits (sled and airbag) freediving: 450.

Why former world-record holder Frederic Buyle believes Streeter will surpass men's records: "She's already beaten one of mine."

Place of birth: Grand Cayman Island.

Why Streeter moved in May 2000 to her current home in Austin, Texas: job offer at a now-defunct dotcom.

How she plans to pursue freediving while living 155 miles from the ocean: "I've got some geography to work out."

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