AIDA Pool World Championship 2025 Wild Cards
Wild Cards for the 2025 Pool World Championship have been confirmed.
These slots are awarded to the top 10 men and women on the 2024 AIDA ranking list, and to athletes who have set current AIDA world records outside competition.
Wild Card athletes are registered in addition to their country`s team quota and, as of 2025, also receive waived registration fees.
View the full list of Wild Card athletes below:
| STA | Female | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Heike Schwerdtner (Germany) | 09:07 | 109.4 | 2024-06-27 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 2. | Iiris Ala-Olla (Finland) | 07:42 | 92.4 | 2024-09-22 | AIDA Sunken Logs MiniComp 2024 |
| 3. | Yuriko Ichihara (Japan) | 07:36 | 91.2 | 2024-06-27 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 4. | Kathryn Nevatt (New Zealand) | 07:30 | 90 | 2024-09-13 | AIDA Freediving New Zealand Pool Nationals 2024 |
| 5. | Soonsook Chung (Republic of Korea) | 07:19 | 87.8 | 2024-10-27 | AIDA 2024 10월 월간프리다이빙(Oct. Monthly Freediving) |
| 6. | Julia Kozerska (Poland) | 07:18 | 87.6 | 2024-06-27 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 7. | Laurence Gueguen (France) | 07:02 | 84.4 | 2024-06-27 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 8. | Amelia De Los Rios (United States) | 07:02 | 84.4 | 2024-04-14 | AIDA Panglao Pool Championship Season 4: Finale |
| 9. | Josefine Fischer (Germany) | 07:01 | 84.2 | 2024-02-25 | 11th AIDA Tyrolean Apnea Cup |
| 10. | Evelina Navašinskaitė (Lithuania) | 06:44 | 80.8 | 2024-06-27 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| STA | Male | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Gimun Kwak (Republic of Korea) | 09:49 | 117.8 | 2024-08-25 | AIDA 2024 ASIAN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP |
| 2. | David Spreitz Elings (Sweden) | 09:05 | 109 | 2024-06-27 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 3. | Budimir Buda Šobat (Croatia) | 09:04 | 108.8 | 2024-03-09 | AIDA 18th Serbian Open Freediving Championship Belgrade 2024 |
| 4. | Vitomir Maričić (Croatia) | 08:34 | 102.8 | 2024-12-24 | AIDA Ocean Xmas |
| 5. | Mitch Ayres (Australia) | 08:32 | 102.4 | 2024-12-15 | AIDA Panglao Pool Championship Season 5: Event 1 |
| 6. | Ming (William Joy) Jin (China) | 08:28 | 101.6 | 2024-08-25 | AIDA 2024 ASIAN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP |
| 7. | Thomas Way (United Kingdom) | 08:22 | 100.4 | 2024-05-11 | AIDA GETECSTATIC 2024 MAY SPRITZ COMP 2 |
| 8. | Matt Louden (Australia) | 08:20 | 100 | 2024-05-11 | AIDA GETECSTATIC 2024 MAY SPRITZ COMP 1 |
| 9. | Antony Judge (Australia) | 08:17 | 99.4 | 2024-03-03 | AIDA BFC Fins are for the Fishes Pool Competition |
| 10. | Romain Jacob (France) | 08:16 | 99.2 | 2024-03-24 |
COUPE DES PLONGEURS LIBRES AIDA |
| DYN | Female | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Zsófia Törőcsik (Hungary) | 266 m | 133 | 2024-11-03 | nOxyCup 2024 - Hungarian Open Indoor Freediving Championship - AIDA |
| 2. | Julia Kozerska (Poland) | 252 m | 126 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 3. | Hanako Hirose (Japan) | 239 m | 119.5 | 2024-10-27 | AIDA Mock Exam ver. Taichung Pool 2024 Oct |
| 4. | Yasuko Ozeki (Japan) | 231 m | 115.5 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 5. | Natalie Bruce (United States) | 231 m | 115.5 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 6. | Zhi Christina Li (China) | 230 m | 115 | 2024-05-04 | UFC 8 AIDA |
| 7. | Jordan Duncan (Australia) | 228 m | 114 | 2024-05-04 | Australian National Pool Freediving Championships |
| 8. | Yuriko Ichihara (Japan) | 223 m | 111.5 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 9. | Jiyeon Kim (Republic of Korea) | 222 m | 111 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 10. | Hinatea Penilla Y Perella (France) | 221 m | 110.5 | 2024-03-24 | COUPE DES PLONGEURS LIBRES AIDA |
| DYN | Male | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Ming (William Joy) Jin (China) | 311 m | 155.5 | 2024-05-04 | UFC 8 AIDA |
| 2. | Rolando Salgado (Cuba) | 299 m | 149.5 | 2024-12-15 | UNU AIDA Tampa Bay Freediving Challenge 2024 |
| 3. | Vitomir Maričić (Croatia) | 284 m | 142 | 2024-02-29 | AIDA Winter camp postcomp 2023 |
| 4. | Hakyong Kim (Republic of Korea) | 265 m | 132.5 | 2024-08-25 | AIDA 2024 ASIAN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP |
| 5. | Clement Lesaffre (France) | 254 m | 127 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 6. | Ibrahim Al Sulaitni (Oman) | 252 m | 126 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 7. | Sylvain Desaulniers (Canada) | 242 m | 121 | 2024-06-28 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 8. | Dmitri Melnikov (Estonia) | 241 m | 120.5 | 2024-05-05 | Australian National Pool Freediving Championships |
| 9. | Xingqiang Fu (Singapore) | 239 m | 119.5 | 2024-12-07 | AIDA GetEcstatic: End Game 2024 |
| 10. | Yixian Zhang (Chinese Taipei, Taiwan) | 236 m | 118 | 2024-11-16 | AIDA Pacific Rim Cup 2024 |
| DYNB | Female | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Julia Kozerska (Poland) | 225 m | 112.5 | 2024-06-24 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 2. | Zhi Christina Li (China) | 222 m | 111 | 2024-01-27 | AIDA 4th Pool Party of MOS @Singapore |
| 3. | Binna Kang (Republic of Korea) | 219 m | 109.5 | 2024-08-25 | AIDA 2024 ASIAN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP |
| 4. | Jiyeon Kim (Republic of Korea) | 217 m | 108.5 | 2024-06-24 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 5. | Kateryna Sadurska (Ukraine) | 216 m | 108 | 2024-06-24 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 6. | Jingyu Ning (China) | 216 m | 107 | 2024-11-03 | 2024 AAS AIDA POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS |
| 7. | Jordan Duncan (Australia) | 213 m | 106.5 | 2024-05-03 | Australian National Pool Freediving Championships |
| 8. | Hanako Hirose (Japan) | 212 m | 106 | 2024-11-17 | AIDA Pacific Rim Cup 2024 |
| 9. | Natalie Bruce (United States) | 209 m | 104.5 | 2024-12-15 | UNU AIDA Tampa Bay Freediving Challenge 2024 |
| 10. | Yasuko Ozeki (Japan) | 209 m | 104.5 | 2024-04-13 | AIDA Panglao Pool Championship Season 4: Finale |
| 11. | Laura Nebuloni (Italy) | 209 m | 104.5 | 2024-04-20 | AIDA Swiss Championship Indoors Marcello de Matteis Open – 20.04.2024 |
| 12. | Mariko Kaji (Japan) | 209 m | 104.5 | 2024-04-12 | AIDA Panglao Pool Championship Season 4: Finale |
| DYNB | Male | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Ming (William Joy) Jin (China) | 287 m | 143.5 | 2024-12-17 | Diving Republic AIDA Pool Series: The Return 2024 |
| 2. | Rolando Salgado (Cuba) | 255 m | 127.5 | 2024-06-24 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 3. | Francisco Quesada (Spain) | 254 m | 127 | 2024-12-15 | AIDA Panglao Pool Championship Season 5: Event 1 |
| 4. | Po-Yen Lee (Chinese Taipei, Taiwan) | 253 m | 126.5 | 2024-11-17 | AIDA Pacific Rim Cup 2024 |
| 5. | Karol Karcz (Poland) | 250 m | 125 | 2024-06-24 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 6. | Hakyong Kim (Republic of Korea) | 243 m | 121.5 | 2024-03-17 | AIDA KOREA National Championship 2024 |
| 7. | Clement Lesaffre (France) | 232 m | 116 | 2024-06-24 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 8. | David Spreitz Elings (Sweden) | 232 m | 116 | 2024-06-24 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 9. | Dmitri Melnikov (Estonia) | 232 m | 116 | 2024-05-03 | Australian National Pool Freediving Championships |
| 10. | Karlo Grbin (Sweden) | 231 m | 115.5 | 2024-11-10 | Höstapneaden 2024, AIDA Rules |
| DNF | Female | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Julia Kozerska (Poland) | 202 m | 101 | 2024-06-25 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 2. | Zsófia Törőcsik (Hungary) | 187 m | 93.5 | 2024-11-02 | nOxyCup 2024 - Hungarian Open Indoor Freediving Championship - AIDA |
| 3. | Ke Tang (China) | 177 m | 88.5 | 2024-06-30 | AIDA Hong Kong Freediving Competition 2024 Summer |
| 4. | Kateryna Sadurska (Ukraine) | 177 m | 88.5 | 2024-06-25 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 5. | Mariko Kaji (Japan) | 175 m | 87.5 | 2024-02-25 | AIDA Panglao Pool Championship Season 4: Event 2 |
| 6. | Yasuko Ozeki (Japan) | 172 m | 86 | 2024-06-25 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 7. | Evelina Navašinskaitė (Lithuania) | 166 m | 83 | 2024-12-15 | AIDA Ukmerge Christmas Meetup |
| 8. | Jordan Duncan (Australia) | 162 m | 81 | 2024-05-05 | Australian National Pool Freediving Championships |
| 9. | Yuriko Ichihara (Japan) | 161 m | 80.5 | 2024-06-25 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 10. | Alice Hickson (United Kingdom) | 157 m | 78.5 | 2024-03-02 | Bristol Blue 2024 - AIDA BFA National Pool Championship |
| 11. | Paula Johnsson (Sweden) | 157 m | 78.5 | 2024-03-16 | Aida Flow Session 08.STA/DYN |
| DNF | Male | Result | Points | Date | Event |
| 1. | Francisco Quesada (Spain) | 217 m | 108.5 | 2024-12-13 | AIDA Panglao Pool Championship Season 5: Event 1 |
| 2. | Rolando Salgado (Cuba) | 210 m | 105 | 2024-12-14 | UNU AIDA Tampa Bay Freediving Challenge 2024 |
| 3. | Ming (William Joy) Jin (China) | 204 m | 102 | 2024-12-31 | Diving Republic AIDA Pool Series: Diving into 2025 |
| 4. | Kai-Hsiang Chan (Chinese Taipei, Taiwan) | 200 m | 100 | 2024-11-17 | AIDA Pacific Rim Cup 2024 |
| 5. | Karol Karcz (Poland) | 197 m | 98.5 | 2024-06-25 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
| 6. | Dmitri Melnikov (Estonia) | 192 m | 96 | 2024-08-05 | AIDA Singapore Mini-Comp 2024 |
| 7. | Karlo Grbin (Sweden) | 191 m | 95.5 | 2024-11-26 | Stockholm Apnea AIDA Koi Dreams |
| 8. | Kai Xiao (China) | 189 m | 94.5 | 2024-12-29 | 2024 AIDA FREEDIVING POOL-COMPETITION YEAR-END PARTY · LE GRAND BLEU TIANJIN WORKSHOP |
| 9. | Massimiliano Vidoni (Italy) | 187 m | 93.5 | 2024-03-19 | AIDA Ocean cup |
| 10. | Andras Sopronyi (Hungary) | 183 m | 91.5 | 2024-06-25 | 32nd AIDA Freediving World Championship,Kaunas |
Registration for the AIDA Pool World Championship Wakayama 2025 is open, all interested athletes can contact their AIDA National to claim their spot before 31st March.
We are looking forward to welcoming several countries to the AIDA World Championship for the first time and seeing all the athletes` performances!
