Juan Amengual Alonso
Technical Director of Apnea Balear
Born in Palma de Mallorca on February 6, 1972, he entered the underwater world and freediving at the age of 9 years practicing spearfishing with his father Juan.
Following this first contact arose his passion for the sea and for freediving.
This passion is transferred to his sporting and professional life, which takes place through freediving competitions at national and international level, and at the same time he is trained as a freediving instructor and trainer.
In 2008, “Apnea Balear” created the first freediving school in the Balearic Islands, and one of the pioneer centers in Spain specialized in freediving.
Education
- SSI Freediving Instructor Trainer
- Freediving Instructor A.I.D.A
- Freediving and spearfishing instructor F.E.D.A.S
- National freediving commissioner
- National spearfishing commissioner
- Professionally qualified yacht captain
- SSI Advanced Open Water Instructor
- Certificate of professional equivalence as a sport diver with scuba diving
- Professional boat skipper
Organizational
- Captain of the Balearic freediving team from 2005 to 2012.
- Director of the freediving committee of the Balearic federation of subaquatic activities from 2005 to 2015.
- Member of the national freediving board of the F.E.D.A.S. since 2007.
- Competition Director of the XI Spanish Freediving Championship (Mallorca 2010).
- Competition Director of the XIII Spanish Freediving Championship (Mallorca 2013).
- Competition Director of OPEN APNEA BALEAR IN CONSTANT WEIGHT since 2013.
- Director of the school “APNEA BALEAR” since 2008.
Athletic performance
2002
- 7th place in the Spanish freediving championship (Tenerife)
2004
- Runner-up of Spain in freediving by teams (Galicia)
- 9th place in the freediving world championship C.M.A.S. (Croatia 2004) (DYN)
2005
- 2nd place in the Balearic championship in constant weight
- 3rd place in the Spanish freediving championship (Tenerife 2005) (Jump Blue discipline)
- 3rd place in the Spanish freediving championship (Tenerife 2005) (DYN)
2006
- 4th place in the Spanish freediving championship (Tenerife 2006) (DYN)
- Balearic record in dynamic freedive 121.60m
- 2nd place in the Balearic championship in constant weight (CWT)
2007
- 1st place in the Balearic freediving championship (STA, DYN and Jump Blue disciplines)
- 1st place in the IV Open Isurus of freediving (CWT)
- 3rd place in the Spanish championship of freediving (Catalonia 2007) (CWT)
- 4th place in the Spanish apnea championship (Catalonia 2007) (DYN)
- Runner-up of Spain in freediving by teams (Roses 2007)
- 1st place in the official test for the Mallorca spearfisher championship (Llucmajor Trophy)
2008
- 1st place in the 2008 Balearic championship (DYN and Jump Blue disciplines)
- 1st place in the Open Isurus V of freediving (Jump Blue discipline)
- 6th place in the Spanish freediving championship (CWT)
2009
- 4th place in the Spanish championship in constant weight (Tenerife 2009) (CWT)
- 4th place in the Spanish freediving championship (Tenerife 2009) (Jump Blue discipline)
- Runner-up of Spain in freediving by teams (Tenerife 2009)
2011
- 1st place in the Balearic freediving championship (CWT)
- 1st place in the Balearic freediving championship (STA)
2013
- 3rd place in the Balearic freediving championship (Jump Blue discipline)
2014
- 3rd place in the Balearic freediving championship (Jump Blue discipline)
2023
- 1st place in Sa Pobla indoor freediving championship (DYN)