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Jacques Mayol
Sign in to saveholder of many world records in free diving
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Homo delphinus
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Film & TV
Shanghai, China
Jacques Mayol, born April 1, 1927, in Shanghai, China, and died December 22, 2001, in Capoliveri, on the island of Elba, Italy, was a French freediver whose story inspired the film The Big Blue (1988). Jacques Mayol grew up in Shanghai, in the French Concession, where his father was an architect. In the summer, the family would often travel to Karatsu, Japan, via the Shanghai-Nagasaki shipping…
Known for
- Dolphin Man — Self (archive footage)2017
- Ocean Men, Extreme Dive — Self2002
- A Cruise with Whales and Dolphins — Self1992
- Gaia Symphony — Self1992
- The Big Blue Adventure — Self (Voice)1989
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- Droit de Réponse — Self1981
- Oceania: The Human/Dolphin Connection: The Promise of Tomorrow — Self
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Place of death
- Capoliveri
- Occupation
- competitive diver
- Languages spoken
- French
- Sport
- freediving
- Image
- Record mondial de poids constant - 62 m en 1989.png
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- date of birth
- 1927-04-01
- date of death
- 2001-12-22
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- name in native language
- Jacques Mayol
- Commons category
- Jacques Mayol
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