Enzo mallorca jacques mayol biography
Enzo mallorca jacques mayol biography
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Jacques Mayol: the dolphin man’s sporting and spiritual quest
Featured in an Arte documentary, freediver Jacques Mayol has left his mark on the sport. With his extraordinary physiology and almost mystical approach, he became the first man to free dive to a depth of 100 metres.
The term “April fool” fits him perfectly.
Born on 1 April 1927 in Shanghai, China, little Jacques Mayol spent his summers with his family in Japan. From an early age, the child played in the water and was fascinated by the sea.
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He was fascinated by the “amas”, or women of the sea in Japanese, who freed-fish for oysters and shellfish. At the age of 6, Jacques Mayol learned to dive and pursued this abyssal ambition throughout his life.
Born to be in the water
At the start of the Second World War, the teenager and his family moved to Marseille.
It was an Eldorado for the young man who spent his time in the creeks. In 1948, Jacques Mayol, driven by hi