On June 28 and 29, the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer once again hosted the French free-diving open water championship. Discover the podiums of the different disciplines!

The French athletes made impressive descents into the blue, and some familiar faces were back on the podiums. There were 42 divers participating in this competition, both French and foreign, divided into 4 disciplines: constant weight with monofin, constant weight bi-fins, constant weight without fins, and free immersion (pulling on the cable during descent and ascent).

Nothing could disturb the high-level athletes during these immersions, except perhaps the weather… “Perfectly organized and safely managed by the National Apnea Commission of the FFESSM with the help of the Villefranche-sur-Mer municipality and the Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Council, the competition was nevertheless slightly disrupted on the 2^nd day by weather conditions, which led to its halt one hour before the scheduled end.” said Jean Lou Ferretti, General Secretary of the FFESSM.

This competition was organized by the FFESSM, in partnership with the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the CMAS.

^{A perfectly honed logistics setup for these championships in the bay of Villefranche!} ^{© FFESSM Unlimited Prod}

Constant weight bi-fins men

Gold – Arnaud Jerald, announced and achieved depth: 105 m

Silver – Nicolas Jaouen, announced and achieved depth: 95 m

Bronze – Xavier Daru, announced and achieved depth: 90 m

^{Arnaud Jerald (gold) and Xavier Daru (bronze) on the constant weight bi-fins podium. © FFESSM Unlimited Prod}

Constant weight bi-fins women

Gold – Léa Jolibois, announced and achieved depth: 65 m

Silver – Chantal Marzin, announced and achieved depth: 63 m

Bronze – Anne-Sophie Mouraud, announced depth 52 m and achieved depth: 49 m

^{Chantal Marzin (silver), Léa Jolibois (gold), and Anne-Sophie Mouraud (bronze) on the constant weight bi-fins podium.} ^{© FFESSM Unlimited Prod}

Free immersion men

Gold – Abdel Alouach, announced and achieved depth: 100 m

Silver – Dimitri Chavasse, announced and achieved depth: 92 m

Silver – Mathieu Mariao, announced and achieved depth: 92 m

^{Abdel Alouach} ^{receives his gold medal in free immersion. Dimitri Chavasse and Mathieu Mariao are tied for the second step of the podium.} ^{© FFESSM Unlimited Prod}

IFree immersion women

Gold – Brigitte Banegas, announced and achieved depth: 72 m

Silver – Anne-Sophie Passalboni, announced and achieved depth: 68 m

Bronze – Marion Chavanne, announced and achieved depth: 60 m

Constant weight monofin men

Gold – Eddy Laffin, announced and achieved depth: 105 m

Silver – Mathieu Mariao, announced and achieved depth: 101 m

Bronze – Gilles Gambini, announced and achieved depth: 82 m

^{Mathieu Mariao (silver), Eddy Laffin (gold), and Gilles Gambini (bronze) on the constant weight monofin podium. © FFESSM Unlimited Prod}

Constant weight monofin women

Gold – Alice Modolo, announced and achieved depth: 86 m

Silver – Caroline Rebillout announced depth 68 m and achieved depth: 60 m

^{Another great performance from freediver Alice Modolo. © FFESSM Unlimited Prod}

Constant weight without fins men

Gold – Abdel Alouach, announced and achieved depth: 68 m

Silver – Nicolas Jaouen, announced and achieved depth: 63 m

Bronze – Maxime Goix, announced and achieved depth: 50 m

^{Nicolas Jaouen (silver) and Abdel Alouach (gold) on the constant weight without fins podium. © FFESSM Unlimited Prod}

Constant weight without fins women

Great performances at the 11th French Open Water Freediving Championship