Variable weight without fins (VNF), women

What to remember

In Hatay, Turkey, on 17 October 2023, Turkey's Şahika Ercümen went down to 106 m in variable weight without fins (VNF). CMAS lists the dive as the women's world record.

Born in Çanakkale, Ercümen trained as a dietitian, graduating from Başkent University in Ankara. She came to underwater sports through scuba diving and underwater rugby, and from 2001 she was a member of four national teams: underwater hockey, underwater rugby, underwater orienteering and freediving.

Her freediving career includes other marks. On 23 July 2014 she set a variable weight record of 91 metres, and in 2011 she covered 110 metres horizontally under ice, the longest such distance.