Enzo Maiorca
Enzo Majorca is a free diver, holding several world records. He was born June 21, 1931, in Syracuse.
Biography
Enzo Majorca has learned to swim to 4 years and soon began to dive, although, according to his own confession, he always had a great fear of the sea. One day, however, a doctor friend showed him an article which talked about a new depth record to -41 meters ripped Raimondo Bucher by Ennio Falco and Alberto Novelli (samples of underwater hunting). It's the summer of 1956 and Mallorca remains strongly influenced by that company. After a brief reflection, he decided to enter into competition with those great for freediving and is committed to the utmost to snatch the title of the man who went deeper into the depths of the sea. Enzo MajorcaIn 1960 his dream crown touching -45 meters and beating the Brazilian Amerigo Santarelli, who, in September of the same year, he reclaims the title reaching -46 meters, the record did not last long because as early as November Enzo reaches -49 meters. It is the beginning of a great era that will see him on the scene for 16 years, until 1976, the year in which abandons the apnea. On 22 September 1974, in the waters of the Bay of Ieranto on the Sorrento coast, Majorca attempted to establish a new world record for free diving at altitude of 90 meters, for the first time in the history of RAI such an event was televised live. After long preparations, Majorca finally began the descent down the steel cable bumping to even twenty feet deep against Enzo Bottesini, an expert scuba diver and instructor, a former champion of the TV game show Jeopardy, and sent the RAI for the occasion. Resurfaced angry, let out a string of expletives quite strong, many of which were clearly audible to the television audience before the director could intervene by turning off the audio connection. Among them also a blasphemy that cost him a ban on television for many years [1]. In 1988, for their daughters Patrizia and Rossana (both famous in the world for a number of world records in free diving), returns to apnea to reach its last record of -101 meters. During his career, Mallorca has had some rivals historians : the largest was the Brazilian Amerigo Santarelli (retired in 1963), then Teteke Williams, Robert Croft and Jacques Mayol. From 1994 to 1996, he was senator in the lists of the National Alliance. [2]It is a vegetarian. [3] In this regard, he explained in an interview how he left the spear fishing :" It all happened suddenly. I was immersed in a dry not far from the boss that reaching out to the open sea, to the south the bay of Syracuse. That morning I happened to harpooning a grouper. A grouper robust, combative. Broke out at the bottom a real titanic struggle between the grouper which claimed to save his life and me pretending to take it away. The grouper was caught in a cavity between two walls, trying to realize his position ran my right hand down her belly. His heart was pounding terror, mad with fear. And with that pulsing of blood I realized that I was killing a living being. Since then my speargun lies like a wreck, an archaeological dusty in the basement of my house. It was in 1967. [4] »On television, he has collaborated with Lineablu, RAI program, from 2000 to 2002.
Primates
- Tilting
- 1960 September tilting 45 Meters
- 1960 November tilting 49 Meters
- 1962 August tilting 51 Meters
- 1964 August tilting 53 Meters
- 1965 August tilting 54 Meters
- 1966 November tilting 62 Meters
- 1967 September tilting 64 Meters
- 1968 August tilting 69 Meters
- 1969 August tilting 72 Meters
- 1970 August tilting 74 Meters
- 1971 August tilting 77 Meters
- 1972 August tilting 78 Meters
- 1973 August tilting 80 Meters
- 1974 September tilting 87 Meters
- 1986 tilting 91 Meters
- 1987 tilting 94 Meters
- 1988 101 Meters tilting
Constant weight
- August 1961 50 Meters
- August 1972 57 Meters
- August 1973 58 Meters
- September 1976 60 Meters
- 1978 52 Meters (new regulation)
- 1979 55 Meters
Acknowledgements
For his sport, Majorca has received prestigious awards:
- Gold Medal at the athletic prowess of the President of the Republic (1964)
- Trident Gold Ustica
- CONI's Literary Award for his book "A headlong into the blue" (1976)
- Stella d'Oro sporting merit of CONI
- Gold Medal of Merit Marina (not only for sports but also for the defense of the environment, 2006).
- On the occasion of his 80th birthday is celebrated in La Spezia with the conferment of the Award of the Maritime Festival.
Works
As a writer is the author of several books:
- A headlong into the blue: the life and business of a world record. Milan, ed. Murcia, 1977.
- Under the sign of Tanit. Milan, Rizzoli, 1980.
- School apnea - immergiamoci with the greatest diver of all time, photographs and technical advice from Guido pegs. Rome, ed. Cuba, 1982.
- The Sea with a capital M. Lights, 2001.
- Under the sign of Tanit, Milan, Murcia, 2011 ISBN 9788842548799
Quotes film and music
- Mallorca is co-starred as himself, the film Challenge on the bottom, directed in 1975 by Melchiade Coletti. For the occasion is voiced by Pino Locchi.
- The match between Mallorca and Jacques Mayol has inspired Le Grand Bleu, a film by Luc Besson. Dated 1988 The Big Blue arrived in Italy only in 2002 due to the ostracism imposed on the film by Enzo Majorca. Riconosciutosi into caricature character Enzo Molinari, Majorca had considered grotesque and detrimental to the image offered by Besson. After the death (2001) by Jacques Mayol and the withdrawal of Mallorca grudges are dormant and the film is able to emerge in Italy.
- The well-known diver is quoted by the protagonist of the film I Am Self Sufficient (1976) by Nanni Moretti
- Enzo Majorca is mentioned in the song The Ballad of Cimino to Davide Van de Sfroos.
- Enzo Majorca is cited by the plaintiff Guido Nickel in the film Monte Carlo Grand Casino
Notes
- ^ Dialogue on 50 years of television among Marino Bartoletti and Paul Limits (3rd chapter). TV Smiles and Canzoni.com, 7 January 2004. Retrieved on November 24, 2010.
- ^ http://www.senato.it/leg/12/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00001403.htm card activity to the Senate
- ^ Umberto Veronesi, Towards the vegetarian choice, Giunti Editore, 2011, p. 8. ISBN 978-88-09-76687-7
- ^ Quoted in Lawrence Guadagnucci, remain animals, Terre di mezzo, Milan, 2012, p. 72. ISBN 978-88-6189-224-8
External links
- A meeting with Enzo Majorca, "the man of record" that fell in apnea up to 101 meters
- Official website; http://www.enzomaiorca.it/
See also
References
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