Guillaume Nery

About Guillaume Nery

Guillaume grew up in Nice on the shores of the Mediterranean and accidentally discovered the discipline of freediving at the age of 14. He then joined a club and met Claude Chapuis, his mentor, and Loïc Leferme, his big brother of the depths, who guided him towards the discipline of constant weight, which means using only physical strength, without weights or buoyancy and with or without fins. Faithful to the philosophy of the ‘Nice school’, Guillaume dives a little deeper into the sea every day. At 19, he joined the French team and broke the French record in constant weight at -82 meters (equaling the current world record at the time). At 20, Guillaume Néry descended to -87 meters in constant weight: he became the youngest world record holder in the history of freediving. Much more than a sport, freediving reveals itself to Guillaume as a way of life, an exploration of the depths, the unknown, and human limits, a personal and collective adventure that he describes as an ‘inner journey’ rather than a mere pursuit of performance. Today, Guillaume is fully dedicated to his passion between training, travel, competitions, and conferences. He is part of the new generation of underwater explorers. 2008 was the year of records for Guillaume Néry: in July, he broke the world record in constant weight freediving for the fourth time with a depth of -113 meters. Two months later, with the AIDA France freediving team (with Morgan Bourc’his and Christian Maldamé), he became world champion by teams in Egypt. This was the first world title for the French team at a freediving world championship. 2011 finally crowned Guillaume during an individual competition. He won the AIDA World Champion title in constant weight, the last title missing from his career, in Kalamata, Greece, with a descent to -117 meters deep.