Enzo Maiorca
Italian free diver
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- Enzo Maiorca (21 June 1931 – 13 November 2016) was an Italian free diver who held several world freediving records.
- Biography Maiorca was born in Syracuse, Sicily, where he also died in 2016.
- In 1977, Maiorca was initiated into Scottish Rite Freemasonry at the "Archimede di Siracusa" Lodge in Italy.
- Freediving Maiorca learned to swim at age 4 and soon began to dive, although expressing a great fear of the sea.
- Maiorca was led by the article to begin competing in order to achieve the title of the "man who reaches the deepest.
Enzo Maiorca (21 June 1931 – 13 November 2016) was an Italian free diver who held several world freediving records. Born Vincenzo Maiorca on 21 June 1931 in Syracuse, Sicily, he died on 13 November 2016 in the same city.
Biography
Maiorca was born in Syracuse, Sicily, where he also died in 2016. Maiorca was a vegetarian.
In 1977, Maiorca was initiated into Scottish Rite Freemasonry at the "Archimede di Siracusa" Lodge in Italy. With the agreement of the Grand Orient of Italy lodge, this element of his biography was publicly revealed in 2017.
Freediving
Maiorca learned to swim at age 4 and soon began to dive, although expressing a great fear of the sea. In 1956 a friend showed him an article about a new depth record of 41 meters set by spearfishing champions Ennio Falco and Alberto Novelli. Maiorca was led by the article to begin competing in order to achieve the title of the "man who reaches the deepest." He achieved this in 1960, when he reached 45 metres to beat Brazilian Amerigo Santarelli. That same year, however, Santarelli reclaimed the title by reaching 46 metres, which Maiorca soon surpassed at 49 metres.
In 1967 Maiorca ceased spearfishing, while still competing in freediving. He explained in an interview why he abandoned spearfishing:
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