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Sigourney Weaver

Actor

Sigourney Weaver

Actress (Alien, Avatar, Galaxy Quest)

2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Sigourney Weaver Static breath hold (oxygen-assisted)

Sigourney Weaver's recorded Static breath hold (oxygen-assisted) is 6:30. Source date: 2022-08-30. The effort is unknown. The source at interviewmagazine.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

Avatar: The Way of Water preparation with Kirk Krack; supplemental oxygen before the hold

Source quote and limits
“we both one day held our breath for six and a half minutes”

Sigourney Weaver and Elizabeth Banks on Activism, Avatar, and the Ache of Insecurity — Interview

Weaver tells Elizabeth Banks that she and her husband each held their breath for six and a half minutes during training. The same answer states that they used supplemental oxygen before lying still for the holds. Oxygen concentration is uncertain in her account. The source gives no exact attempt date or maximum-effort claim. Date uses the August 30, 2022 interview publication. Six and a half minutes is stored as 390 seconds. This is an oxygen-assisted static hold. It does not establish an unassisted breath-hold time.

  1. 2022

    • Static breath hold (oxygen-assisted)6:30

      Effort unknownAvatar: The Way of Water preparation with Kirk Krack; supplemental oxygen before the hold

      Said in an interview, interviewmagazine.com2022-08-30

      Quote and details
      “we both one day held our breath for six and a half minutes”

      Sigourney Weaver and Elizabeth Banks on Activism, Avatar, and the Ache of Insecurity — Interview

Sigourney Weaver Static breath hold (dry, on land)

Sigourney Weaver's recorded Static breath hold (dry, on land) is 4:00. Performance date: 2017-12-06. Age at the time: 68. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at yahoo.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

Freediving training for the Avatar sequels · Early in freediving training for Avatar: The Way of Water

Source quote and limits
“At least on land, I'm up to four minutes holding my breath”

James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver tease underwater adventures in 'Avatar 2'

Yahoo Entertainment, Ethan Alter, 2017-12-06; she states it as current. A separate, earlier mark from the existing 6.5-minute oxygen-assisted hold (2022); this one is dry 'on land' with no oxygen mentioned. Also quoted by DeeperBlue (2017-12-13). [Found by worker a.]

  1. 2017

    • Static breath hold (dry, on land)4:00

      Max or PREarly in freediving training for Avatar: The Way of Water

      Said in an interview, yahoo.com2017-12-06 · age 68

      Quote and details
      “At least on land, I'm up to four minutes holding my breath”

      James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver tease underwater adventures in 'Avatar 2'Freediving training for the Avatar sequels

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