Gennady Samokhin

{{Infobox person

| name = Gennady Samokhin

| image = Gennadij Samohin by VPosypai (cropped).jpg

| caption = in a cave, around 2000

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|7|14|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Simferopol

| known_for = speleology, deep cave diving

}}

Gennady Viktorovich Samokhin (Геннадий Викторович Самохин; born July 14, 1971, in Simferopol) is a Crimean speleologist who holds the depth world record of cave diving in a sump at −2,196 meters, attained while exploring the Krubera Cave in 2012. He was educated and works in the Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University (now Crimean Federal University).

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{{cite web

| first = Scott | last = Sutherland | date = September 4, 2012

| title = 'Everest of Caves' explorers return from record-breaking mission

| url = http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/everest-caves-explorers-return-record-breaking-mission-174331568.html

| publisher = Yahoo! News Canada | accessdate = October 28, 2022}}

{{cite web

| first = Alexander | last = Klimchouk | date = May 2005

| title = Deepest Cave, Call of the Abyss, field notes

| url = http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0505/feature4/assignment1.html | url-status = dead

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005175020/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0505/feature4/assignment1.html

| archive-date = October 5, 2017 | accessdate = October 28, 2022}}

{{cite web

| date = August 10, 2012

| title = Lithuanian-Ukrainian speleologist team reaches bottom of world's deepest cave

| url = http://www.15min.lt/en/article/world/lithuanian-ukrainian-speleologist-team-reaches-bottom-of-world-s-deepest-cave-529-240702

| publisher = 15min.lt | accessdate = October 28, 2022}}

{{cite web

| title = Interview with Gennady Samokhin | date = September 24, 2012 | website = speleoukraine.org

| url = http://speleoukraine.org/index.php/en/news/294-interview-gennady-samokhin

| accessdate = October 28, 2022}}

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[http://speleoukraine.org/index.php/en/news/294-interview-gennady-samokhin Ukrainian Speleological Association interview]