Goran Čolak

Čolak started his amateur free diving career in 2006 when he entered his first competition, the Submania Cup in Zagreb.

[7] Čolak won the 2012 AIDA Team World Championship, held in Nice, France with Veljano Zanki and Božidar Petani as his teammates.

Čolak was dominating the Belgrade World Championship from the very beginning to the end, winning every qualification heat and every final.

He again broke a Croatian national record in static apnea to 9:18 min and won bronze medal.

Unfortunately, Croatian team finished fourth, after two other members, Bozidar Petani and Bruno Segvic earned two disqualifications or red cards in dynamic with fins and constant weight.

[13] Čolak competed in 2014 CMAS European championship in Spain (Tenerife), as a member of Croatian national team.

Later that year he suffered some medical issues with the kidney stone and DCS during the depth training in Croatia.

Čolak made his official comeback to competing at the highest stage at CMAS World championship in Kuwait 2023.

At CMAS pool World Championship in Belgrade 2024 Čolad won silver medal in DYN with a dive of 286m.

He also had a dive of 294m in DYN BF, distance greater than his previous WR but was disqualified due to surface protocol.

Čolak is one of the most successful male athletes from AIDA and CMAS World and European Championships with 18 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze medals.

Two years later, in 2019, he received the special award 'Red Danice sa likom Franje Bučara', for achievements in sport and promotion of the Republic of Croatia, from Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.

[24] Čolak announced on September 28, 2013, that he would attempt to break the world record in static apnea on pure oxygen, held by Tom Sietas with a time of 22 minutes 22 seconds.

Goran succeeded by holding his breath, at the Zagreb main square, for 22 min 30 sec, setting the new Guinness World Record.