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World Aquatics
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fédération internationale de natation, International Swimming Federation, FINA
international sport governing body
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Within Vinony's link graph, World Aquatics is referenced by 10,476 other articles, and connects out to Budapest, International Olympic Committee and synchronized swimming.
It is catalogued under topics including 1908 establishments in England, Aquatics governing bodies and Association of Summer Olympic International Federations.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Sport
- Swimming diving artistic swimming water polo open water swimming high diving
- Jurisdiction
- International
- Abbreviation
- AQUA (formerly FINA)
- Founded
- 19 July 1908 ; 117 years ago ( 1908-07-19 ) in London , United Kingdom
- Affiliation
- Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
- Headquarters
- Lausanne , Switzerland
- President
- Husain Al-Musallam
- Replaced
- International Swimming Federation (FINA)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- European Aquatics
- Country
- Switzerland
- Headquarters
- Lausanne
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Official website
- www.worldaquatics.com
- Motto
- United by water
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- Commons category
- FINA
- topic's main category
- Category:World Aquatics
- inception
- 1908-07-19
- location of formation
- London
- topic has template
- Template:World Aquatics
- social media followers
- 424000
- short name
- WA
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Encyclopedic overview
World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (French: Fédération internationale de natation; English: International Swimming Federation), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Founded as FINA (Fédération internationale de natation; International Swimming Federation) in 1908, the federation was officially renamed World Aquatics in January 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “World Aquatics” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.