Julia Mouce

Julia Mouce (14 April 1980) is a prominent freediving coach, instructor, and athlete, based in Bali, Indonesia. She is originally from Argentina. While she is a former two time freediving National Record holder for Argentina, she is most well known for her coaching and mentorship of competitive freediving athletes, having coached notable freediving athletes including AIDA International & Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques French National Record Holder Thibault Guignes and Chinese National record holder Aolin Wang. She owns and operates the freediving school, Apnea Bali in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. She and her school also serve as the host of and provide the location for international freediving competitions as well as freediving world record attempts. 
== Early Life & Career ==
Julia started her career as a watersports professional as a professional lifeguard in Argentina at age 17. She started freediving in Thailand in 2007 and became an Apnea Total instructor and eventually a Apnea Total Freediving Instructor Trainer in 2013. In 2012, she founded her school Apnea Bali in Tulamben, Indonesia. 
She is a certified Molchanovs, AIDA , Apnea Total and Professional Association of Diving Instructors Freediving Instructor Trainer. She is an AIDA International Judge and acted as an editor and part of the commission that created and launched the AIDA Youth (kids) freediving program, launched in 2020. She was the organizer, host and head of safety for Southeast Asia's first freediving depth competition, One Breath Jamboree. 
== Athletic Accomplishment ==
Julia has two National Records in freediving for Argentina in the freediving disciplines of Constant weight apnea and Constant weight without fins. At the time of her records, she was the first Argentinian woman on record to achieve those depths on record for constant weight diving and constant weight no fins. 
== Competition Organization ==
Through Apnea Bali, Julia has been the host, organizer and Head of Safety for the following freediving depth competitions:
* One Breath Jamboree (Oct 2013) 
* Yazbeck Chinese Depth Challenge (Sept 2016)
* Miguel Lozano World Record Attempt (Apr 2016)
* Apnea Association of Singapore (AAS) Competition (2017, 2018, 2019)
* Apnea Bali Mini Competition (April 2018)
* Australian Freediving Association (AFA) Depth Championship (2016, 2018)
== In the Media ==
Julia has three times been featured as a guest on the podcast Freedive Cafe, a podcast that interviews one prominent figure in the freediving community per episode. As of September 2021, she is the only guest to have three dedicated episodes.
Her interview for Freedive Cafe, Episode 28, covered such freediving topics as her early waterspouts activity, the founding of Apnea Bali, teaching herself to handsfree equalize, lung squeeze, and her thoughts of psychological resilience. 
Freedive Cafe, Episode 52, discussed revised topics of lung squeeze and how to return to depth after an injury, freediving competitions, and training techniques for those with depth limitations.
#101- Julia Mouce | Training Talk takes a deeper look at Julia's current training philosophies.
According to podcast founder Donnie Mac, her interviews are among his most listened to episodes. 
Category:1980 births
Category:Freediving
Category:Argentine athletes