Craig Challen

Craig Challen is an Australian technical diver and cave explorer. He was the recipient of the Oztek 2009 Diver of the Year award for his services to caving.[1][2]

A veterinary surgeon by profession, Challen has made notable dives in Cocklebiddy Cave and Pearse Resurgence.[3] In 2010 he made a record setting 194 metre dive whilst caving in New Zealand.[4] In 2018 he was involved in a cave rescue operation in Thailand to evacuate 12 children and an adult from the flooded Tham Luang Cave system. [5]

References

  1. ↑ http://tecrec.wordpress.com/2010/11/page/2/
  2. ↑ http://www.wadivers.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2223
  3. ↑ http://www.cavediving.net.au/index.php/divers/96-craig-challen
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  5. ↑ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/thai-cave-rescue-julie-bishop-hints-at-formal-recognition-for-richard-harris-australian-team/news-story/901aabec9626e71ac18cab1c3d357e5e

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