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List Of World Cup Records In Swimming
Below is a list of current World Cup records in swimming claimed at the annual series of swimming meets run by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). Until August 2015 the events are always held in a short course (25 m) pool. The complete 2015 edition of the FINA World Cup switched to be held in a long course (50 m) pool. All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. Long Course (50 m) Men Women Mixed relay Short Course (25 m) Men Women Mixed relay Gallery Some of the current World Cup record holders: File:Missy_Franklin_3.jpg, Missy Franklin File:2008 Australian Olympic team Leisel Jones - Sarah Ewart.jpg, Leisel Jones File:Ranomi_Kromowidjojo_2010_closeup.jpg, Ranomi Kromowidjojo File:Chad_le_Clos.jpg, Chad le Clos File:Cameron van der Burgh.jpg, Cameron van der Burgh File:Arkady_Vyatchanin.jpg, Arkady Vyatchanin File:Rūta Meilutytė portrait.jpg, Rū ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Swimming Federation
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) 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. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2013-06-05. FINA also oversees " Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Number of nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight two-day meets in eight different cities between August and November 2017. This edition was held in the usual short-course (25 meter pool) format. Like the previous short course World Cup in 2016, 36 events were scheduled. Meets The 2017 World Cup consisted of the following eight meets, which were divided into three clusters. Eindhoven returned after having been omitted for the last two editions, while Paris and Dubai were dropped in comparison to the previous year. The other seven cities were the same as the previous year. World Cup standings * Composition of points: ** Best performances (by meets): 1st place: 24 points, 2nd place: 18 points and 3rd place: 12 points; ** Points for medals (in individual events): gold medal: 12 points, silver medal: 9 points and bronze medal: 6 points; ** Bonus for world record (WR): 20 points. Men Women Event winners To limit the length of the program, each individual event was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missy Franklin
Melissa Franklin Johnson (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She formerly held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course). As a member of the U.S. national swim team, she also held the world records in the 4×100-meter medley relay (short course and long course). In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics at age 17, Franklin won a total of five medals, four of which were gold. She swept the women's backstroke events, winning gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. Franklin's successes have earned her ''Swimming Worlds World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2012 as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2011 and 2012. In total, she has won twenty-eight medals in international competition: seventeen gold, six silver, and five bronze, spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, the short course World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Jayne Coutts, (born 14 September 1987) is an Australian competitive medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games (New Delhi). She was a Swimming Australia National Training Centre scholarship holder and was coached by John Fowlie. Her haul of five medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics matches fellow Australians Ian Thorpe and Shane Gould in one single Olympics, and trails only Emma McKeon’s seven. Early years Coutts was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She attended St Matthews Primary School and Chisholm Catholic College. Career 2008 Olympics Coutts competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she ended up fifth in the 200-metre individual medley. 2010 Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs At the Pan Pacs, she took two relay silver medals and bronze in the 100 m butterfly. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the 100-metre butterfly, 100-metre freestyle, 200-met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Sprenger
Christian David Sprenger (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Simon Cusack. Swimming career At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships he qualified in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke, placing second in both events to qualify for the Olympics in Beijing. He failed to make the finals in either event but picked up a silver after swimming in the heats of the medley relay. Later on in the year he won nine individual FINA World Cup races during the 2008 series. He also won seven silvers and three bronze. Sprenger had his first individual success at global level in 2009, breaking Kosuke Kitajima's world record in the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke, and took taking two bronze medals at the World Championships in Rome. He had more international success in 2010, as he captured a silver in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and a bronze in the medley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert "Bobby" Hurley (born 26 September 1988) is an Australian swimmer and former World Record holder in the short-course (25 metre pool) 50 metres Backstroke and 2012 World Champion in the same event. In 2009 he won a bronze medal as a team member on the 4 × 200 m Freestyle relay at the FINA World Championships in Rome. He has five FINA World Championship medals to his name, two gold, one silver and two bronze. Hurley is a sprint backstroke and middle and distance freestyle specialist and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 2007–2009. In 2017, Hurley transitioned into the coaching ranks where he led South African Olympic Champions Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh to Gold and Bronze medals respectively, at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest. Career Background Hurley was born in Mornington, VIC and is the youngest of three children. His family moved to Wollongong, NSW where he attended high school at The Illawarra Grammar S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Puts
Jesse Puts (; born 1 August 1994) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle. He is the 2016 world champion in the 50 meter freestyle (short course). He holds the Dutch records in this event in both long course and short course, as well as in the 100 meter freestyle (short course). Career At his international debut during the 2014 European Championships in Berlin, Puts finished eighth on the 50 meter backstroke. In the 50 meter freestyle, Puts swam a 23.31 finishing 6th in his heat. He placed 43rd overall during the prelims, and did not qualify for the semifinals. At the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Netanya, he finished 8th in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 21.49. In addition, he was eliminated in the 100 meter freestyle heats. On the 4x50 meter medley, together with Sébas van Lith, Maarten Brzoskowski and Ben Schwietert, he did not qualify for the semifinals. Together with Ben Schwietert, Inge Dekker and Ranomi Kromowidjo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femke Heemskerk
Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk (; born 21 September 1987) is a former Dutch competitive swimmerFemke Heemskerk Zwemkroniek Online. Retrieved on 19 March 2008. who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the in the 4 × 50 m freestyle relay, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, and 4×200 m freestyle relay, all set in in 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (; born 20 August 1990) is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch- Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics, and in the 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Olympics. Kromowidjojo holds the world record in the 50 meter freestyle short course (25 m pool), and as part of the Dutch team she holds the world records in the 4×50 m, 4 × 100 m, and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays (short course). She has won a total of 39 medals in FINA World Championship events. Swimming career Juniors Kromowidjojo won a total of three medals at the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006, in the 50 meter freestyle and butterfly events. 2006 Kromowidjojo made her international senior debut at the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. She won her first international senior medal in the 4 × 100 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thom De Boer
Thom de Boer (born 24 December 1991) is an Olympic Dutch swimmer. On 3 December 2020, he qualified himself at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet 2020 with a new Dutch record of 21.71 on the 50 metres freestyle for the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... Personal bests References External links * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Alkmaar Dutch male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, short course meets in eight different cities between August and November 2013. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer. Meets As of June 2013, the 2013 World Cup consists of the following eight meets: World Cup standings * Composition of points: ** Best performances (by meets): 1st place: 24 points, 2nd place: 18 points and 3rd place: 12 points; ** Points for medals (in individual events): Gold medal: 12 points, Silver medal: 9 points and Bronze medal: 6 points; ** Bonus for World Record (WR): 20 points. Men Official overall scoring: Women Official overall scoring: Event winners 50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 200 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 1500 m (men)/800 m (women) freestyle 50 m backstroke 100 m backstroke 200 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke 100 m breaststroke 200 m breaststroke 50 m butterfly 100 m butterfly 200 m butterfly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omega SA
Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ''Louis Brandt et Frère-Omega Watch & Co.'' In 1984, the company officially changed its name to ''Omega SA'' and opened its museum in Biel/Bienne to the public. Omega is a subsidiary of The Swatch Group. Britain's Royal Flying Corps used Omega watches in 1917 for its combat units, followed by the U.S. Army in 1918, and NASA in 1969 for Apollo 11. Omega has been the official timekeeper of the Olympics since 1932 and is the current timekeeper of the America's Cup yacht race. Omega was a main partner of the 2022 Winter Olympics. History Early history The forerunner of Omega, ''La Generale Watch Co.'', was founded at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in 1848 by Louis Brandt, who assembled key-wound precision pocket watches from parts su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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