Kiwi freedive world champion William Trubridge is a father.
Trubridge has announced his partner, Sachiko Fukumoto - an actress and also an avid diver, gave birth to a baby girl named Mila at the Trubridge family's Havelock North home on March 16.
In a nod to the pair's shared passion for diving, Mila was born via water birth.
Trubridge said he was in "awe and astonishment" and said being a father had already transformed his life.
![William Trubridge in the waters off Tokashiki Island, in the Okinawa islands of Japan, with his partner, Sachiko Fukumoto during their pregnancy. Photo / Kazunori Nagatani](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/CAQRWPAGHDGPAWI245U6D7D3J4.jpg?auth=7b8cbb7530d794482cc76023346e9f0bbcd3cf53a731525501f07c26478f81c1&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)