Mandy Sumner is a free diver who recently broke the world record, swimming 75 meters in frigid waters.
3:53 AM EDT March 27, 2024That love goes back to her childhood. Sumner said she and her brother were both active on swim teams growing up.
"We were always at the beach growing up here, down in Wells and Ogunquit, all day every day in the summer," Sumner said. Mandy would go on to pursue a career in Geology but said she was quickly pulled back to the water. She moved to Hawaii in 2009 and found herself wanting to learn how to freedive. That sport has taken her to different competitions and even given her her first gold medal.She would trade the warm Pacific waves for the frigid Norway waters and attempt to set a world record for the longest swim under ice by a woman wearing a swimsuit and bi-fins.
After holding her breath for over a minute, Sumner emerged from the icy waters with a smile and a world record.Watch our interview with Sumner and hear more about her time in Norway in the video above.WTHR would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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