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Ryan Hoffer
Ryan Hoffer (born July 9, 1998) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle and butterfly events. He competes as part of the International Swimming League for the team DC Trident. Hoffer is currently the national age group record holder in the 100 yard freestyle for the boys 17-18 year old age group. He won two silver medals at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in relay events. Background Hoffer competed for Scottsdale Aquatic Club before joining the University of California Berkeley's swim program.Sampl, Emily (June 10, 2016)"Club Excellence Spotlight: Scottsdale Aquatic Club" ''USA Swimming''. Retrieved November 28, 2021. He is the son of Allison and Scott Hoffer, who both swam at Arizona State University. Swimming career 2015 2015 World Junior Championships At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Singapore in August 2015, Hoffer won his first medal, a silver medal, in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, splitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottsdale, Arizona
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International Swimming League
The International Swimming League (ISL) is an annual professional swimming league, established in 2019. It features a team-based competition format with fast-paced race sessions. In 2019, the regular season started in October and the Final Match was held in December. Athletes with a history of breaking anti-doping rules are banned from ISL. In March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ISL abruptly cancelled its fourth season and all competition in 2022. History FINA-ISL dispute At the start of the 2018 season, the only major annual swimming tournament sanctioned by FINA was FINA Swimming World Cup. International Swimming League, a team-based professional swimming series, was founded in 2017 by Russian-Ukrainian billionaire Konstantin Grigorishin. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Titans
Toronto Titans is one of the two new teams for the professional International Swimming League 2020 season, announced in December 2019, taking the total number of teams in the league to ten. Toronto Titans is based in Toronto, Ontario and trains out of the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Scarborough. 2020 International Swimming League season Team roster During the spring of 2020 Toronto Titans announced various signees to their roster for the planned 2020 ISL season, including Kylie Masse, Kayla Sanchez, Michael Chadwick, Blake Pieroni and Icelander, Anton McKee. Masse, a six-time gold medalist, four-time silver medalist and four-time bronze medalist is the captain for the team, while Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. Representing Canada for a decade, Hayden is regarded as the fastest swimmer in Canadian history. Hayden won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Summ ..., a four-time gold medalist, sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Ryan (swimmer)
Shane Patrick Ryan (born 27 January 1994) is an American-born Swimming (sport), swimmer who competes internationally for Ireland. Career Ryan was a 16-time All-American and 11-time All-State honoree as a swimmer for Haverford Senior High School. He was a member of the US National Junior Team in 2010-11 and 2011-12. Ryan initially competed at the Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification, US Olympics trials in 2012, finishing in 28th, which did not qualify him for the US team. He subsequently switched his allegiance to Ireland. Ryan qualified to compete in the Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics by swimming under the Olympic Qualifying time in the 100m backstroke at the Swim Ulster Dave McCullagh Meet in March 2016. College Ryan competed collegiately for Penn State Nittany Lions, Penn State where he set school records in the 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter freestyle and 100 meter backstroke. He won Big Ten Conference championships in the 100 met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 International Swimming League
The 2021 International Swimming League was the third edition of the International Swimming League, a professional swimming league, established in 2019. It comprised ten teams composed of both women and men. The league, due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions, consisted of a total of eighteen short course swimming meets, called matches, spanning four stages of competition and held in two locations. In each match swimmers from four different teams competed in individual, relay, and skins events. The ten regular season matches and one play in match took place in the city of Naples, Italy. The six play off matches in the semifinals stage of competition took place in the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands, as did the final match. The France-based Energy Standard won the Final Match, with the Most Valuable Player award going to Sarah Sjöström of the same team.D'Addona, Dan (4 December 2021)"MVP Sarah Sjostrom Proves Again to be in 'World's Greatest' Conversation After Dominant ISL S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming World
''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known as ''SwimInfo'' prior to 2006). The headquarters is in History In its earliest form, ''Junior Swimmer'' began as a mimeograph/newsletter published by Peter Daland in the summer of 1952. In 1960, Coach Daland passed the responsibility of the project to Albert Schoenfeld due to Daland's greater coaching demands as the swim coach at the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The January 1960 issue was the first published in a magazine format, still called ''Junior Swimmer''. The magazine then went through six title changes over the next 45 years. In May 1961, the magazine changed its main cover title to ''Jr./Sr. Swimmer''. The publication then combined with ''Swimming World'' in June 1961. At that time, ''Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjorn Seeliger
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal). In Finnish and Finland Swedish, sometimes also in Swedish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn. Surname *Claus Bjørn, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster *Evert Björn, Swedish Olympic athlete * Hugo Björne, Swedish actor *Kristian Bjørn, Norwegian skier * Lars "Lasse" Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player * Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer Given name Acting *Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor and musician * Björn Bjelfvenstam, Swedish actor *Björn Granath, Swedish actor *Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor *Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer *Björn Skifs, Swedish singer and actor Art and music * Björn Afzelius, Swedish mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawel Sendyk
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname * Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian * Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player *Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s * Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian * Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SwimSwam
''SwimSwam'' news is a swimming news organization covering competitive swimming along with diving, water polo and synchronized swimming. SwimSwam launched as a website in March 2012 and quickly became the most-read swimming website in the world.Melvin Stewart, Stewart, Melvin (March 22, 2022)"How SwimSwam Became SwimSwam, The Inside Story (10 Year Anniversary Post)" ''SwimSwam''. Retrieved March 23, 2022. SwimSwam was named one of NBC Sports's 100 must-follow social media handles for the 2016 Summer Olympics. History The news organization was founded by Braden Keith, Garrett McCaffrey, Davis Wuolle, Tiffany Stewart and Olympic gold medalist Melvin Stewart, known as Gold Medal Mel. The group of founders teamed up in October 2011, started the SwimSwam YouTube channel on February 17, 2012, and launched the SwimSwam website March 12, 2012.SwimSwam"SwimSwam - About" ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 14, 2021. While the website was launched in 2012, its origins trace back to swimming website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caeleb Dressel
Caeleb Remel Dressel (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. He swims representing the Cali Condors as part of the International Swimming League. He won a record seven gold medals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, nine medals, six of which were gold, at the 2018 World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, and eight medals, including six gold, at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju. Dressel is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and holds world records in the 100 meter butterfly (long course and short course), 50 meter freestyle (short course), and 100 meter individual medley (short course). At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Dressel won five gold medals, which made him the fifth American to win five gold medals in a single Olympic Games after 1970. Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Eric Heiden, and Matt Biondi were the other four. He also became the first male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omega Timing
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] |
FINA
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 nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
