| Loïc Leferme | |
| Birth Date: | 28 August 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Malo-les-Bains[1] |
| Death Place: | Villefranche-sur-Mer |
| Occupation: | freediver |
| Children: | 2 |
Loïc Leferme (28 August 1970 – 11 April 2007) was a French diver who was the world free diving record holder until 2 October 2005, when he was surpassed by Herbert Nitsch.[2] Loic was also a founder of AIDA in 1990 with Roland Specker and Claude Chapuis in Nice. In 2002 he set the world free diving record without any breathing apparatus at 162 meters.[3] His first world record was 137 meters (1999).[4] On 30 October 2004, he extended his own world record to 171 meters in the no limits free-diving category.[5] The premier advocate of this type of freediving which has come to be known as Chapuis Style Freediving.
He died during a private training session in Villefranche-sur-Mer when his equipment failed and he did not reach the surface in time. He was in training for a planned record attempt in July 2007.