Andriy Khvetkevych

Andriy Khvetkevych (Андрій Хветкевич, born March 8, 1983, in Dnipro, Ukraine) is a world-class freediver and record-holder. He started his training in Apnea and Free-diving in 2017 and got his first national record in 2018.
His first National Record for Ukraine set on July 30, 2018, on the Vertical Blue Competition with 71m "Andriy Khvetkevych CNF 71m. No-Fins Dive | Ukrainian National Record at the Vertical Blue 2018 — YouTube" "Ukrainian Khvetkevych does 71 m free-dive, sets Ukraine-U.S. record (video)" in CNF (Constant Weight No-Fins) discipline, certified by AIDA Judges. Andriy became First Individual Champion, competing for two different countries: Ukraine by AIDA and USA by CMAS. He has broken several free-diving national records, including Constant weight without fins (-71 meter, July 2018), Free Immersion (-95 meter, October 2019), Constant weight Bi-Fins (-97 meter "Breathhold Dive to 318 ft / 97 m — US National record by Andriy Khvetkevych! | CMAS WC, Roatan 2019 — YouTube", August 2019 CMAS National Record "CMAS 4th Freediving Outdoor World Championship, Roatan 2019 — YouTube"), and Constant weight Bi-Fins (-80 meter, May 2019 AIDA National Record).
His achievements have been recognized with AIDA "Andriy's AIDA Records" and CMAS "Andriy's CMAS Records" organizations. 
He studied Economic Cybernetics in the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Intellectual Property in the State Institute of Intellectual Property of Ukraine (renamed to National University Odesa Law Academy in 2016 The State Institute of Intellectual Property of Ukraine was renamed to National University Odesa Law Academy), and he becomes a Patent Attorney of Ukraine, registered number 366. 
He suffered an injury on October 30, 2019 surfacing from -95m Andriy's Decompression Sickness while Freediving — Article by Divers Alert Network, during a training in an attempt to break the national record in Constant Weight for Ukraine. He was diagnosed with Decompression Sickness and got treatment in Hyperbaric Chamber in Kuala Lumpur and the United States. He feels good at the moment, according to Divers Alert Network article. 
AIDA Competitions and Results for Andriy Khvetkevych
Competition Name 	Date of Attempt	Discipline	Announced Depth	Performed Depth	Result	Points	Description
AIDA Depth World Championship 2019 	2019/09/13 	CWT 	102 m 	87 m 	Yellow	71 	no tag,rp
AIDA Depth World Championship 2019 	2019/09/11 	FIM 	95 m 	95 m 	White 	95 	OK, National Record
AIDA Depth World Championship 2019 	2019/09/09 	CNF 	69 m 	61 m 	Yellow	52 	no tag,rp
AIDA Caribbean Cup 2019 	2019/08/02 	FIM 	92 m 	92 m 	White 	92 	OK, National Record
Philippine Depth National Championship 2019	2019/05/19 	FIM 	80 m 	80 m 	White 	80 	OK
Philippine Depth National Championship 2019	2019/05/18 	CWTB 	80 m 	80 m 	White 	80 	OK, National Record
Xibalba 2019 	2019/04/27 	CNF 	68 m 	68 m 	Red 	0 	dqbo,dqsp
Xibalba 2019 	2019/04/25 	CWT 	77 m 	77 m 	White 	77 	OK
Xibalba 2019 	2019/04/24 	CWTB 	75 m 	75 m 	White 	75 	OK, National Record
Molchanova Grand Prix 	2018/09/21 	CNF 	70 m 	62 m 	Red 	0 	dqother, pull
Vertical Blue 	2018/07/26 	CNF 	71 m 	71 m 	White 	71 	OK, National Record
Vertical Blue 	2018/07/25 	CNF 	69 m 	69 m 	Red 	0 	dq pull
Vertical Blue 	2018/07/22 	CWT 	70 m 	70 m 	White 	70 	OK
Vertical Blue 	2018/07/21 	CWT 	70 m 	67 m 	Yellow	63 	early
Vertical Blue 	2018/07/17 	FIM 	70 m 	70 m 	White 	70 	OK
Vertical Blue 	2018/07/16 	CNF 	66 m 	66 m 	White 	66 	OK, National Record
Red C cup (10th edition) 	2018/05/31 	CNF 	61 m 	61 m 	White 	61 	OK
Red C cup (10th edition) 	2018/05/30 	CNF 	56 m 	56 m 	White 	56 	OK
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
*Official Instagram Account 
*Official Telegram Account 
*Official YouTube Account 
*Official Facebook Account 
*Team America Earns Bronze Medal, Breaks Records and Ranks 7th Place Out of 30 Countries at 2019 World Freediving Championships 
*Andriy's results of the Day1 in At 2019 Caribbean Cup — FIM 92m 
*AIDA Depth Freediving World Championships 2019: Nataliia Zharkova & Andriy Khvetkevych 
Category:Living people
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Category:Ukrainian people
Category:Ukrainian sportspeople
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Category:National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine alumni	
Category:Odesa Law Academy alumni