[5] Before becoming known as "possibly the world's greatest freediver", Natalia Molchanova trained as a swimmer in her youth.

Her final STA world record of 9 minutes and 2 seconds is still not broken after 11 years (standpoint: 2024).

[7] Molchanova was also the first woman to dive on one breath through the Blue Hole arch in Dahab, Egypt.

[9] Molchanova later also worked as a freediving instructor at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism.

[3] On 2 August 2015, Molchanova was reported missing after giving a private lesson dive near Formentera, Spain.