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#169 | Zsófia Törőcsik | Phenom

An episode of the The Freedive Cafe Podcast podcast, hosted by Donny Mac - Freediver, titled "#169 | Zsófia Törőcsik | Phenom" was published on November 7, 2025 and runs 75 minutes.

November 7, 2025 ·75m · The Freedive Cafe Podcast

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Zsófia Törőcsik is a Hungarian freediving athlete who in 2025 became the first female freediving athlete to dive a distance of 300m in the pool and in the same year won gold at the AIDA Depth World Championships; her first ever depth competition. In this episode we discuss: Zsófia’s experience at the CMAS World Championship 2025 and the controversy surrounding the competition and the accident that happened to Andrey Matveenko. Zsófia is from Hungary and credits her family with shaping her chi...

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Zsófia Törőcsik is a Hungarian freediving athlete who in 2025 became the first female freediving athlete to dive a distance of 300m in the pool and in the same year won gold at the AIDA Depth World Championships; her first ever depth competition.

In this episode we discuss:

Zsófia’s experience at the CMAS World Championship 2025 and the controversy surrounding the competition and the accident that happened to Andrey Matveenko.
Zsófia is from Hungary and credits her family with shaping her childhood in a positive way.
She did triathlon for 10 years, also competitively.
A first freediving experience in Malta.
Joining a pool club in Hungary and focusing on pool training.
Zsófia won the AIDA Depth World Championships in 2025.
How did a background in triathlon help Zsófia become a world champion in freediving?
Zsófia’s complementary training for freediving, including lots of strength training and biking.
The joys of living and training for freediving in Budapest.
What does a typical week of training look like?
A question from Patreon member Marc about the frequency of max and sub-max dives compared to shorter dives.
A question from Patreon member Rodrigo about her speed during her world record dive.
Zsófia was the first woman to dive 300m in the pool.
A question from Patreon member Elena about Zsófia’s mental strategies for performing such big dives.
She is completely deaf in her right ear due to a mumps infection.
Her natural talent for mouthfill equalisation.
A question from Patreon member Tom regarding the current level of freediving athleticism and the future potential of freedivers and freediving as a sport.
Zsófia is a 37 years old.
The importance of maturity in freediving and why there are less young people in our sport.
Her approach to  nutrition and supplements.
Zsófia works in IT and puts together systems for companies.
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Why does she freedive?

For all episodes of The Freedive Cafe Podcast, information about freediving courses, coaching, workshops and retreats in Dahab, Egypt, visit www.truedepthfreediving.com

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