This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2016.

2016 Summer Olympics ( FINA–Aquatics)

* February 19–24:

2016 FINA Diving World Cup The 2016 FINA Diving World Cup took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 19 to 24 February 2016. It was the 20th edition of the Diving World Cup, and the first time being hosted by Brazil. The venue was the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre. The meet se ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

(Olympic Test Event) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * March 2–6: Aquece Rio Synchronized Swimming 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event) ** Duet winners: (

Gemma Mengual Gemma Mengual Civil (born 12 April 1977 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish synchronised swimmer. She has competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. On 15 February 2012 she announced her retirement. After retiring she became ...

Ona Carbonell Ona Carbonell Ballestero (born 5 June 1990) is a Spanish synchronized swimmer. Carbonell competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal in the women's duet, with Andrea Fuentes, and a bronze medal in the team event. ...

Paula Klamburg Paula Klamburg Roque (born 20 September 1989 in Barcelona) is a retired Spanish competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She announced her retirement after Spanish team did ...

) ** Team winners: * April 15–20: Aquece Rio Swimming 2016 (

Maria Lenk Trophy The Brazil Swimming Trophy (Formerly: Maria Lenk Trophy) is a Brazilian competition played by teams in individual and relay swimming events. It is also known as the Brazilian Open Summer Championship and / or Brazilian Open Long Course Pool Champ ...

) in Rio de Janeiro at the

Olympic Aquatics Stadium The Olympic Aquatics Stadium ( pt, Estádio Aquático Olímpico) was a temporary aquatics center in the Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The venue hosted the Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics, swimming events, Synchronized swimming at t ...

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* June 11 & 12: 2016 Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in

Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti ...

** Men's winner: ZU Lijun ** Women's winner:

Xin Xin Xin Xin ( zh, c=辛鑫, p=Xīn Xīn; born 6 November 1996) is a Chinese swimmer. She competed for China at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished 4th in the 10 km marathon. See also * China at the 2012 Summer Ol ...

* August 6–13: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the

** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 7–19:

Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics The diving competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 7 to 20 August at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca. It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo, and synchroni ...

in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center ** Men's 3m Springboard: Cao Yuan;

Jack Laugher Jack David Laugher ( ; born 30 January 1995) is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England. A specialist on springboard, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears, Daniel Goodfello ...

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Patrick Hausding Patrick Hausding (born 9 March 1989) is a German diver. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with his teammate Lars Rüdiger, Hausding won a bronze medal in the men's synchronized 3 metre springboard competition. However, he did not repeat hi ...

** Women's 3m Springboard: Shi Tingmao; He Zi;

Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto (; born 15 May 1985) is an Italian diver. She is the first female Italian diver to win a medal in a World Championship. A five-time Olympian, she won medals in both individual and synchronized springboard diving in her final appe ...

** Men's 10m Platform: Chen Aisen; Germán Sánchez;

David Boudia David Alasdair Boudia (; born April 24, 1989) is an American diver. He won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform diving competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won ...

** Women's 10m Platform: Ren Qian;

Si Yajie Si Yajie (; born 4 December 1998) is a Chinese female diver. As a 14-year-old, she won the gold medal in the women's 10 m platform at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació ...

; Meaghan Benfeito ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard: *** ( Chris Mears & Jack Laugher) *** (

Sam Dorman Sam Dorman (born August 30, 1991) is a retired American diver. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he, along with his diving partner Michael Hixon, won a silver medal in the 3-meter springboard synchro event. Dorman att ...

Michael Hixon Michael Hixon (born July 16, 1994) is an American diver. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal with Sam Dorman in the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the si ...

) *** (Cao Yuan & Qin Kai) ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform: *** (Chen Aisen & Lin Yue) *** (David Boudia &

Steele Johnson Steele Alexander Johnson (born June 16, 1996) is an Olympic silver medal-winning American diver. He has won multiple national titles at both the junior and college levels. Johnson made his Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Games, where he won a si ...

) *** ( Tom Daley &

Daniel Goodfellow Daniel Goodfellow (born 19 October 1996) is a British diver, two-time Commonwealth champion and Olympic bronze medalist. He first represented Great Britain as a senior at the 2013 European Diving Championships in the 10 m platform event and ...

) ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard: *** (Shi Tingmao & Wu Minxia) *** (Tania Cagnotto &

Francesca Dallapé Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name ''Franciscus'' meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived from ...

) *** ( Maddison Keeney &

Anabelle Smith Anabelle "Belle" Smith (born 3 February 1993) is an Australian diver. She is 2022 Commonwealth Games champion in the 3 metre synchronized springboard. She competed in the 3 m springboard synchronized event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olym ...

) ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform: *** ( Chen Ruolin &

Liu Huixia Liu Huixia (, born 30 November 1997) is a Chinese female diver. As the partner of Chen Ruolin at synchronized 10 metre platform, she won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona and 2015 World Championships in Kazan. The pair ...

) *** (

Cheong Jun Hoong Cheong Jun Hoong () (born 16 April 1990) is a Malaysian diver. She won a silver medal in the synchronised 10m platform event with Pandelela Rinong at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, she became Malaysia's ...

Pandelela Rinong Dato Pandelela Rinong Pamg, (born 2 March 1993) is a Malaysian diver. She has won two Olympic medals and seven World Championships medals. Pandelela represented Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished 27th in 10m platform. S ...

) *** ( Meaghan Benfeito &

Roseline Filion Roseline Filion (born July 3, 1987) is a retired Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10 m synchronized event with Meaghan Benfeito. Filion has twice won an Olympic bronze medal in the 10 m platform synchro event: at the 2012 Sum ...

) * August 15: Women's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at

Fort Copacabana Fort Copacabana ( pt, Forte de Copacabana, ) is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The base is open to the public and contains the ''Museu Histórico do Exército'' (Army Historic ...

Sharon van Rouwendaal Sharon van Rouwendaal (born 9 September 1993) is a Dutch swimmer and the Olympic gold medalist in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She grew up in Soest, and later moved to France with her parents. In 2009 ...

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Rachele Bruni Rachele Bruni (born 4 November 1990) is an Italian swimmer, specialising in open water long-distance races. She won the silver medal in the 10 km marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 10 km open ...

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Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto (born March 8, 1983) is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer. Career She was at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, where she finished 18th in the 800-metre freestyle. She won the Travessia dos Fortes in 20 ...

* August 15–20:

Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were staged from 15 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center. A total of 104 athletes competed in two medal events, namely the women's duet and the women's t ...

in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center ** Duet: ** (

Natalia Ishchenko Natalia Sergeyevna Ishchenko (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Ищенко; born 8 April 1986) is a retired Russian competitor in synchronized swimming, five-times Olympic champion and nineteen-times world champion. Ishchenko annou ...

Svetlana Romashina Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina ( rus, Светлана Алексеевна Ромашина, , svʲɪˈtɫanə rɐˈmaʂɨnə; born 21 September 1989) is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming that boasts 41 total gold medals from compe ...

) ** ( Huang Xuechen &

Sun Wenyan Sun Wenyan (; born 27 December 1989) is a Chinese competitor in synchronised swimming. She won a silver medal in team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Olympics, she won another silver in the team competition, and a silver i ...

) ** ( Yukiko Inui &

Risako Mitsui is a Japanese synchronized swimmer. Career She competed in the women's team A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes ...

) ** Team: ; ; * August 16: Men's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana ** Ferry Weertman;

Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis (; born 19 February 1980) is a Greek competitive swimmer who specialises in long-distance and open-water freestyle events. He is an Olympic silver medalist, two-time World Champion, World Cup gold medalist, and two ...

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Marc-Antoine Olivier Marc-Antoine Olivier (born 18 June 1996) is a French competitive swimmer who specialises in long-distance open water events. Career Olivier's father and brother were both swimmers, which inspired him to take up the sport as well. He began swimm ...

2016 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup & World Events

* February 6 & 7: World Cup and Event #1 in Carmen de Patagones-

Viedma, Río Negro Viedma () is the capital and fourth largest city of the Río Negro Province, in northern Patagonia, Argentina. The city has 80,632 inhabitants (2020), and is located on the southern margin of the Negro River, about 30 kilometres off the Atlant ...

** Men's winner: Alex Meyer ** Women's winner: Rachele Bruni * February 26 & 27: World Cup and Event #2 in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

** Men's winner: Marc Antoine Olivier ** Women's winner:

Aurélie Muller Aurélie Muller (born 7 June 1990) is a French swimmer, who specializes in long-distance freestyle events and open water marathon. She won the 10-kilometer competition at the 2015 world championship in Kazan, Russia and at the 2017 world champion ...

* June 18: World Cup and Event #3 in

Balatonfüred Balatonfüred (german: Bad Plattensee, sk, Blatenské Teplice) is a resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary, with a population of 13,000, situated on the northern shore of Lake Balaton. It is considered to be the capital of the Northern lake ...

** Men's winner: Simone Ruffini ** Women's winner: Rachele Bruni * July 28: World Cup and Event #4 in Lac Saint-Jean ** Men's winner: Philippe Guertin ** Women's winner:

Stephanie Horner Stephanie Horner (born March 19, 1989) is a competition swimmer from Canada. She is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. Career After having won four medals at the 2007 Pan American Games, Horner competed for her native country at the 2008 Summ ...

* August 13: World Cup and Event #5 in

Lake Mégantic Lake Mégantic (french: Lac Mégantic, ) is a body of water in Québec, located in the Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern ...

** Men's winner:

Andreas Waschburger Andreas Waschburger (born 6 January 1987) is a German professional swimmer, specialising in open water swimming. Life Andreas Waschburger lives in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is a police commissioner and belongs to the sports group of the Saarlan ...

** Women's winner: Arianna Bridi * October 9: World Cup and Event #6 in Chun'an County-

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

** Men's winner: Simone Ruffini ** Women's winner:

* October 15: World Cup and Event #7 (final) in ** Men's winner: Simone Ruffini ** Women's winner: Rachele Bruni

2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

* July 30: Grand Prix #1 in Lac Saint-Jean ** Men's winner: Alex Meyer ** Women's winner: Olga Kozydub * August 20: Grand Prix #2 in Lake Ohrid ** Men's winner: Tomi Stefanovski ** Women's winner: Olga Kozydub * September 4: Grand Prix #3 (final) in Capri, Campania-

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

** Men's winner: Evgenij Pop Acev ** Women's winner: Pilar Geijo

Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

2016 FINA Diving World Series The 2016 FINA Diving World Series was the eighth edition of FINA Diving World Series. The series consisted of four legs: the first leg in Beijing, China; the second leg in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; the third leg in Windsor, Canada; and the fourt ...

* March 11–13: DWS #1 in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan ** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao ** Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen ** Women's 10m Platform winner:

** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai) ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: ( He Zi, Wang Han) ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: ( Lin Yue, Chen Aisen) ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (

, Si Yajie) ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (Wang Han, Yang Hao) ** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (

Tai Xiaohu Tai Xiaohu (; born 1 March 1998 in Gaomi) is a male Chinese diver specializing in 10 metre synchronized event. He four times won the champions at FINA Diving World Series The FINA Diving World Series is a diving competition series held annually ...

Chang Yani Chang Yani (; born 7 December 2001) is a Chinese diver. Chang won all four legs of the 2016 FINA Diving World Series in the 10 metre mixed platform synchronized event together with Tai Xiaohu. In the 2017 FINA Diving World Series Chang won two ...

) * March 17–19: DWS #2 in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan ** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao ** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao ** Women's 10m Platform winner: Liu Huixia ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai) ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (He Zi, Wang Han) ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen) ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie) ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (Wang Han, Yang Hao) ** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani) * April 15–17: DWS #3 in

Windsor, Ontario Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the souther ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan ** Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi ** Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen ** Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (Qin Kai, Cao Yuan) ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (He Zi, Wang Han) ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen) ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: ( Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia) ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: ( Jennifer Abel,

François Imbeau-Dulac François Imbeau-Dulac (born 9 December 1990) is a Canadian diver. He began diving at the age of 9, and began competing internationally in 2006. In 2011 Imbeau-Dulac broke the Canadian record (held at the time by Alexandre Despatie) in the 1 ...

) ** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani) * April 22–24: DWS #4 (final) in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

Ilya Zakharov Ilya Leonidovich Zakharov (russian: Илья Леонидович Захаров; born 2 May 1991) is a Russian diver and politician. He is the 2012 Olympics gold medalist in 3 metre Springboard. Career Junior In 2007, Zakharov debuted in int ...

Evgeny Kuznetsov Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Kuznetsov (russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Кузнецов; born 19 May 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He p ...

) ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (He Zi, Wang Han) ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen) ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia) ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: (Wang Han, Yang Hao) ** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)

2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

* January 15–17: DGP #1 in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner:

Constantin Blaha Constantin Blaha (born 1 December 1987) is an Austrian diver who specializes in the 1 m and 3 m springboard events. Career He has represented his country during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he failed to advance to the semifinal aft ...

** Women's 3m Springboard winner: XU Zhihuan ** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao ** Women's 10m Platform winner: XIA Bingqing ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Zhao Dong / Li Jiawei ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: JIE Lianjun / Yang Hao ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie * January 29–31: DGP #2 in

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner:

** Women's 3m Springboard winner: HE Xiaojie ** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian ** Women's 10m Platform winner: DING Yaying ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:

Philippe Gagné Philippe Gagné (born October 23, 1997) is a Canadian elite diver. He won a silver medal at the 10 m platform and a bronze medal at the 3 m springboard at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. He competed at several World Cups and Grand Prix events. ...

** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Jiayu / HE Xiaojie ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / TAI Xiaohu ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: DING Yaying / SUO Miya * March 31 – April 3: DGP #3 in

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner:

Matthieu Rosset Matthieu Rosset (born 26 May 1990 in Lyon) is a French Diving (sport), diver. He competed in the Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard, 3 m springboard event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 and 2016 Summer O ...

** Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting ** Men's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Junjie ** Women's 10m Platform winner: Samantha Bromberg ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: PENG Jianfeng / SUN Zhiyi ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: HUANG Bowen / XU Zewei ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LI Jinming ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: HUANG Bowen / WU Chunting * April 7–10: DGP #4 in

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset ** Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting ** Men's 10m Platform winner:

Vincent Riendeau Vincent Joseph Riendeau (born April 20, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. During his time in the National Hockey League, which lasted from 1987 to 1995, Riendeau played for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Det ...

** Women's 10m Platform winner:

** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / HUANG Bowen ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Meaghan Benfeito / Roseline Filion ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / HUANG Bowen ** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LIAN Junjie * July 15–17: DGP #5 in

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner:

Guillaume Dutoit Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War espi ...

** Women's 3m Springboard winner:

** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao ** Women's 10m Platform winner: Minami Itahashi ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:

Stephan Feck Stephan Feck (born 17 February 1990 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German diver who competes in the Men's 1 and 3 metre springboard. He won the silver medal at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest and at the 2011 European D ...

** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Tania Cagnotto /

** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / Yang Hao ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Nana Sasaki / Matsuri Arai ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Sebastián Villa /

Diana Pineda Diana Isabel Pineda Zuleta (born September 6, 1984) is a female diving (sport), diver from Colombia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed three medals at the South American Swimming Champions ...

** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Zachary Cooper / Tarrin Gilliland * October 21–23: DGP #6 in

Kuching Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner:

Xie Siyi Xie Siyi (; born 28 March 1996) is a Chinese diver. He has won four gold medals at the World Championships and two Olympic gold medals. Career Xie's previous main event was 10m platform and his partner was Chen Aisen. However, due to a seriou ...

** Women's 3m Springboard winner:

Ng Yan Yee Wendy Ng Yan Yee (born 11 July 1993) is a Malaysian diver. Career Early beginning Ng begin diving at the age of 13 at Bandar Tun Razak Swimming Pool. She was a rhythmic gymnast but her talent was spotted by the national coach, Yang Zhuliang ...

** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao ** Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie * October 27–30: DGP #7 in

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nati ...

** Men's 3m Springboard winner: PENG Jianfeng ** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Georgia Sheehan ** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian ** Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen ** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han ** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei (default) ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie * November 4–6: DGP #8 (final) in ** Men's 3m Springboard winner: CHEN Linhai ** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Hazuki Miyamoto ** Men's 10m Platform winner: Nishida Reo ** Women's 10m Platform winner: Nana Sasaki ** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Linhai / LI Linwei ** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Matsuri Arai / Nana Sasaki ** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Hazuki Miyamoto / Nishida Reo ** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yevhen Naumenko / Valeriia Liulko (default)

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

* June 4: #1 in

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

** Winners: Jonathan Paredes (m) /

Rhiannan Iffland Rhiannan Iffland (born 9 September 1991) is an Australian high diver. She is a six-time consecutive Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion (2016-2019, 2021-2022). She won her first championship in 2016 as a wildcard entrant in her debut y ...

(f) * June 18: #2 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

** Winner:

Gary Hunt Gary Hunt (born 11 June 1984), also known as Roger Gary Hunt, is an elite sports diver, specialising in cliff or high diving, and is the 2019 World champion in high diving at World Aquatics Championships event, where he holds the championship ...

* July 9: #3 in São Miguel Island ** Winners:

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(f) * July 23: #4 in

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With ...

** Winner:

(m) * August 28: #5 in Polignano a Mare ** Winners: Artem Silchenko (m) /

Lysanne Richard Lysanne Richard (born 30 August 1981) is a Canadian high diver and acrobat. She represented Canada at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia and she finished in 5th place in the women's high diving event. She was not able to re ...

(f) * September 11: #6 in

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Michal Navrátil Michal Navrátil (; born 5 June 1985) is a Czech professional diver. Personal life Michal Navrátil was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Originally his family come from Pilsen, Bohemia. His father introduced him to swimming competitions from ...

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Other diving events

* February 27–29: 2016 FINA High Diving World Cup in

** Men's (27 metres) winner:

** Women's (20 metres) winner:

* June 28 – July 3: 2016 European Junior Diving Championships in

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** Boys' Platform winner: Matthew Dixon ** Boys' Synchro winners: Lou Massenberg / Patrick Kreisel ** Boys' 1 m winner: Francesco Porco ** Boys' 3 m winner: Patrick Kreisel ** Girls' Platform winner: Christina Wassen ** Girls' Synchro winners: Madeline Coquoz / Michelle Heimberg ** Girls' 1 m winner: Kaja Skrzek ** Girls' 3 m winner: Kaja Skrzek * November 28 – December 4: 2016 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Swimming

* July 6–10: 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in

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** won the gold medal tally. Russia and won 22 overall medals each. * December 6–11:

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** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine two-day meets in nine different cities between August and October 2016. After switching to long-course (50 meter) pools in the previous year's pre-Olympic season, this edition returned to the u ...

* August 26 & 27: SWC #1 in

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** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * August 30 & 31: SWC #2 in

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** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * September 3 & 4: SWC #3 in

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** and won 8 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally. * September 30 & October 1: SWC #4 in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 4 & 5: SWC #5 in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 8 & 9: SWC #6 in

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 21 & 22: SWC #7 in ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 25 & 26: SWC #8 in

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** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * October 29 & 30: SWC #9 (final) in ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Synchronised swimming

* June 22–26: 2016 European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships in Rijeka ** Solo winner: Veronika Kalinina ** Duet winners: (Daria Kulagina, Veronika Kalinina) ** Figures winner: Varvara Subbotina ** Team winners: ** Combination winners: * July 9–13: 2016 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships in

** Solo winner: Varvara Subbotina ** Duet winners: (Veronika Kalinina, Daria Kulagina, Varvara Subbotina) ** Team winners: ** Combination winners:

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aquatic events

* May 9–22:

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** , , and won ten gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally. * July 10–14: 2016 European Open Water Swimming Championships in

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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 9–11: 2016 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in

Piombino Piombino is an Italian town and ''comune'' of about 35,000 inhabitants in the province of Livorno (Tuscany). It lies on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma. Ove ...

** , , and won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...

* February 12 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar2016 ICF Canoeing Calendar
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2016 Summer Olympics ( ICF)

* May 18 & 19: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Continental Olympic Qualifier in

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2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships and European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier Results Page
/ref> ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 7–11:

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at the

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(Whitewater slalom) ** Men's C1:

Denis Gargaud Chanut Denis Gargaud Chanut (born 22 July 1987) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level in C1 since 2004. Between 2009 and 2011 he also competed in the C2 category alongside Fabien Lefèvre. He won a gold medal in the C ...

; Matej Beňuš;

Takuya Haneda is a Japanese male slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Asian canoeist to win an Olympic medal. He als ...

** Men's C2: ** ( Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár) ** (

David Florence David Florence (born 8 August 1982) is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. He is the 2013 and 2015 world champion in individual single canoe (C1) and 2013 champion in double canoe (C2), ...

Richard Hounslow Richard John Hounslow (born 19 December 1981) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 until his retirement in 2016. He started out as a specialist in the kayak (K1) category, but in 2009 he also started co ...

) ** (

Gauthier Klauss Gauthier Klauss (born 17 December 1987) is former French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. His career ended in 2018 after C2 category was removed from the World cup and World championship. He won a bronze me ...

& Matthieu Péché) ** Men's K1: Joe Clarke; Peter Kauzer; Jiří Prskavec ** Women's K1: Maialen Chourraut;

Luuka Jones Luuka Jones (born 18 October 1988) is a New Zealand slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. Early life Jones was born in Tauranga in 1988. Her mother Denise Jones was a fan of the British actress Audrey Hepburn ...

; Jessica Fox * August 15–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Canoe sprint) ** Men ** Men's C1 200m:

Yuriy Cheban Yuriy Volodymyrovych Cheban ( uk, Юрій Володимирович Чебан; born 5 July 1986 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion in C-1 200 metres. Career In 2003, despite b ...

;

Valentin Demyanenko Valentin Demyanenko (), born 23 October 1983 in Cherkasy, is a former Ukraine, Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoe racing, flatwater canoeist. He is a four times world champion, three times European champion and silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympi ...

;

Isaquias Queiroz Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos (born 3 January 1994) is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He is the only Brazilian athlete to ever win three medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games, and the third most decorated Brazil ...

** Men's C1 1,000m:

Sebastian Brendel Sebastian Brendel (; born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the 2016 Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events. Career He has won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint Wo ...

; Isaquias Queiroz;

Serghei Tarnovschi Serghei Tarnovschi (born 24 June 1997) is a Moldovan-Ukrainian canoeist. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's C-1 1000 m, winning a bronze medal. Career Tarnovschi represented Moldova at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was awa ...

** Men's C2 1,000m: ** (Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey) ** (

Erlon Silva Erlon de Souza Silva (born 23 June 1991) is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who competes in the 1000 m doubles event (C-2). He placed tenth at the 2012 Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games. He won two more silver medals at the 2011 ...

& Isaquias Queiroz) ** (

Dmytro Ianchuk Dmytro Mykolayovych Ianchuk or Yanchuk ( uk, Дмитро Миколайович Янчук; born 14 November 1992) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 1000 metres event, the 2015 World bronze med ...

Taras Mishchuk Taras Viktorovych Mishchuk ( uk, Тарас Вікторович Міщук; born 22 July 1995) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 1000 metres event, the 2015 World bronze medalist in C-2 500 met ...

) ** Men's K1 200m:

Liam Heath Liam Heath (born 17 August 1984) is a British sprint canoeist. He is the most successful British canoeist at the Olympics with a total of four medals; he won a gold medal in the individual 200m kayak sprint event at the 2016 Summer Olympics ...

; Maxime Beaumont;

Saúl Craviotto Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish sprint kayaker who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won five Olympic medals: a gold medal (with Carlos Pérez) in the K-2 500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a si ...

; Ronald Rauhe ** Men's K1 1,000m:

Marcus Walz Marcus Cooper Walz (born 3 October 1994) is an English-born Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed internationally since the early 2010s. He won the gold medal in the K-1 1000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He won ...

; Josef Dostál; Roman Anoshkin ** Men's K2 200m: ** (Saúl Craviotto &

Cristian Toro Cristian Isaac Toro Carballo (born 29 April 1992) is a Spanish canoeist. He competed in the men's K-2 200 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Saúl Craviotto Saúl Craviotto Rivero (born 3 November 1984) is a Spanish sprint kayak ...

) ** (Liam Heath &

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** (

Aurimas Lankas Aurimas Lankas (born 7 September 1985 in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian sprint canoer. In 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships The 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships (german: Kanurennsport-Europameisterschaften 2014), was the 26th ...

Edvinas Ramanauskas Edvinas Ramanauskas (born 18 August 1985, in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian sprint canoer. In 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships Edvinas Ramanauskas and Aurimas Lankas won silver medals in K2-200 m event. In 2014 World Championships Lan ...

** Men's K2 1,000m: ** (

Max Rendschmidt Max Rendschmidt (born 12 December 1993) is a German Olympic canoeist. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won two gold medals, in K-2 1000 metres and K-4 1000 m events. Career He is a five-time world c ...

& Marcus Gross) ** ( Marko Tomićević & Milenko Zorić) ** ( Ken Wallace &

Lachlan Tame Lachlan Tame (born 14 November 1988) is an Australian canoe sprinter. Tame teamed up with Jordan Wood, Murray Stewart and Riley Fitzsimmons in the men's K-4 500m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The team came second in their heat with a time of 1.2 ...

) ** Men's K4 1,000m: ; ; ** Women ** Women's K1 200m: Lisa Carrington;

Marta Walczykiewicz Marta Anna Walczykiewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 August 1987) is a Polish Sprint kayak, sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. She won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one gold (K-1 4 x 200 m: ...

; Inna Osypenko-Radomska ** Women's K1 500m: Danuta Kozák; Emma Jørgensen; Lisa Carrington ** Women's K2 500m: ** (

Gabriella Szabó Gabriella Szabó (born 14 August 1986) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Career She won the silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Szabó also won five medals at the ICF ...

& Danuta Kozák) ** (

Franziska Weber Franziska Weber (born 24 May 1989) is a German Canoe sprint, sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Career She was Olympic Champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres ...

Tina Dietze Tina Dietze (born 25 January 1988) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won the gold medal in K-2 (with Franziska Weber) and the silver medal in K-4 at the 2012 Olympic Games. Career She won 14 medals at the ICF ...

) ** (

Karolina Naja Karolina Elżbieta Naja (Polish pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1990) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and silver medal in Women ...

Beata Mikołajczyk Beata Mikołajczyk (Polish pronunciation: ; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish sprint canoer. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, in two events for each games; she won one silver and two bronze medals and placed fourth two times. ...

) ** Women's K4 500m: ; ;

Canoe sprint (flatwater)

* February 12 – July 31: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Sprint

Continental and world canoe sprint championships

* February 12–14: 2016 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in

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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * April 1–4: 2016 African Canoe Sprint Championships in

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** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * May 19–22: 2016 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships in

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** Senior: won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** Junior: won the gold medal tally. and won 10 overall medals each. * June 7–9: 2016 World University Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 24–26: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships in

** and won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally. * July 28–31: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in

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** Junior: , , and won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally. ** U23: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

* May 20–22: CSF World Cup #1 in

** , , and won 3 gold medals each. Belarus won the overall medal tally. * May 27–29: CSF World Cup #2 in

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** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 3–5: CSF World Cup #3 (final) in Montemor-o-Velho ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Whitewater slalom (canoe)

* February 19 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Slalom

Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

* February 19–21: 2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith ** Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš ** Men's C2 winners: (

Franz Anton Franz Anton (born 23 October 1989) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He specialized in the C1 class from the start of his career. Between 2012 and 2018 he was also competing in the C2 class toget ...

, Jan Benzien) ** Men's K1 winner:

Vavřinec Hradilek Vavřinec Hradilek (; born 10 March 1987) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. Hradilek competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the K1 event he finished seventh in the qualification rou ...

** Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox ** Women's K1 winner:

Jana Dukátová Jana Dukátová (born 13 June 1983) is a Slovak retired slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1: 2010; K1: 2006; K1 team: ...

* April 23 & 24: 2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in

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** Men's C1 winner: SHU Jianming ** Men's C2 winners: (Shota Sasaki, Tsubasa Sasaki) ** Men's K1 winner: TAN Ya ** Women's C1 winner: Chen Wei-han ** Women's K1 winner: LI Lu ** Men's C1 team winners: (WANG Sheng, SHU Jianming, CHEN Fangjia) ** Men's C2 team winners: ** Men's K1 team winners: (Kazuya Adachi, Tsubasa Sasaki, Taku Yoshida) ** Women's C1 team winners: (Xeniya Kondratenko, Kamilla Safina, Yekaterina Smirnova) ** Women's K1 team winners: (Yuriko Takeshita, Haruka Okazaki, Ren Mishima) * May 13–15:

2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships The 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 17th edition of the competition and Liptovský Mikuláš hosted the event for the secon ...

in Liptovský Mikuláš ** Men's C1 winner:

Alexander Slafkovský Alexander Slafkovský (born 11 March 1983) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1998. Slafkovský won 15 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with ten golds (C1 team: 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, ...

** Women's C1 winner: Nuria Vilarrubla ** Men's C2 winners: ( Tomáš Kučera,

Ján Bátik Ján Bátik (born 17 January 1986 in Liptovský Mikuláš) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2002 to 2018. He competed in the C1 event until 2005. He raced in the C2 event toge ...

) ** Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec ** Women's K1 winner:

Melanie Pfeifer Melanie Pfeifer (born 25 August 1986 in Frankfurt) is a German slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2003 to 2016. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silv ...

** Men's C1 team winners: ** Women's C1 team winners: ** Men's C2 team winners: ** Men's K1 team winners: ** Women's K1 team winners: * July 12–17: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in

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*Junior ** Men's Junior C1 winner: Marko Mirgorodsky ** Men's Junior C2 winners: (Albert Kaspar, Vojtech Mruzek) ** Men's Junior K1 winner: Ruslan Pestov ** Men's Junior Team C1 winners: (Gregor Kreul, Lennard Tuchscherer) ** Men's Junior Team C2 winners: ** Men's Junior Team K1 winners: (Thomas Durand, Paul Cornut-Chauvinc) ** Women's Junior C1 winner:

Tereza Fišerová Tereza Fišerová (born 23 February 1998) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2013. She has won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (Mixed C2: 2019, C1 team: 2021, 202 ...

** Women's Junior K1 winner: Klaudia Zwolinska ** Women's Junior Team C1 winners: (Alsu Minazova, Anastasia Kozyreva) ** Women's Junior Team K1 winners: (Tereza Fišerová, Karolina Galuskova, Katerina Duskova) *U23 ** Men's U23 C1 winner: Florian Breuer ** Men's U23 C2 winners: (Filip Brzezinski, Andrzej Brzezinski) ** Men's U23 K1 winner: Jakub Grigar ** Men's U23 Team C1 winners: (Cedric Joly, Thibault Blaise) ** Men's U23 Team C2 winners: ** Men's U23 Team K1 winners: (Stefan Hengst, Leo Bolg) ** Women's U23 C1 winner: Jessica Fox ** Women's U23 K1 winner: Jessica Fox ** Women's U23 Team C1 winners: ( Kimberley Woods, Jasmine Royle) ** Women's U23 Team K1 winners: (Lisa Fritsche, Caroline Trompeter, Selina Jones)

2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup The 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 29th edition. Calendar The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Ivrea, Italy (Ju ...

* June 3–5: CS World Cup #1 in

Ivrea Ivrea (; pms, Ivrèja ; ; lat, Eporedia) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it stradd ...

** Men's C1 winner:

Michal Jáně Michal Jáně (; born 8 July 1986) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002. He won two medals in the C1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 2014 and a bro ...

** Men's C2 winners: (Nicola Scianimanico, Hugo Cailhol) ** Men's K1 winner: Giovanni De Gennaro ** Men's K1 Cross winner:

** Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox ** Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk ** Women's K1 Cross winner:

Ajda Novak Ajda Novak (born 16 September 1993) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2010. She won two medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 2022 and a bronze in ...

* June 10–12: CS World Cup #2 in La Seu d'Urgell ** Men's C1 winner:

** Men's C2 winners: (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet) ** Men's K1 winner: Vít Přindiš ** Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš ** Women's C1 winner: Núria Vilarrubla ** Women's K1 winner: Maialen Chourraut ** Women's K1 Cross winner: Martina Wegman * June 16–19: CS World Cup #3 in

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** Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský ** Men's C2 winners: (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet) ** Men's K1 winner: Samuel Hernanz ** Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš ** Women's C1 winner: Mallory Franklin ** Women's K1 winner:

Marie-Zélia Lafont Marie-Zélia Lafont (born 9 January 1987) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. She won two medals in the K1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, with a gold in 2018 and a bronze ...

** Women's K1 Cross winner:

Caroline Loir Caroline Loir (born 20 January 1988 in Amiens) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. She won a bronze medal in the C1 event at the 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Prague. She also won th ...

* September 2–4: CS World Cup #4 in

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** Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš ** Men's C2 winners: ( Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár) ** Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec ** Men's K1 Cross winner:

Hannes Aigner Hannes Aigner (born 19 March 1989 in Augsburg) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist. Career Aigner competed at three Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal in ...

** Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox ** Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk ** Women's K1 Cross winner: Veronika Vojtová * September 7–11: CS World Cup #5 (final) in

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** Men's C1 winner:

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** Men's C2 winners: (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár) ** Men's K1 winner: Peter Kauzer ** Men's K1 Cross winner: Boris Neveu ** Women's C1 winner: Kimberley Woods ** Women's K1 winner: Jessica Fox ** Women's K1 Cross winner: Amalie Hilgertova

Other canoeing events

* May 17–19: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Duisburg ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * June 1–5: 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in

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** Men's C1 sprint winner: Ondrej Rolenc ** Men's C1 sprint team winners: (Ondrej Rolenc, Antonin Hales, Vladimir Slanina) ** Men's C2 sprint winners: (Quentin Dazeur, Stephane Santamaria) ** Men's C2 sprint team winners: (T. Debray & L. Lapointe, Q. Dazeur & S. Santamaria, A. Leduc & L. Zouggari) ** Men's K1 sprint winner:

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** Men's K1 sprint team winners: (Nejc Znidarcic, Anze Urankar, Vid Debeljak) ** Women's C1 sprint winner: Martina Satkova ** Women's C2 sprint winners: (Barobora Kortisova, Katarina Kopunova) ** Women's K1 sprint winner: Hannah Brown ** Women's K1 sprint team winners: (Claire Bren, Manon Hostens, Phenicia Dupras) * August 29 – September 4: 2016 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships in

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** Men: defeated , 6–5 in overtime, to win their first ICF Canoe Polo World Championships title. *** took the bronze medal. ** Women: defeated , 3–2, to win their first ICF Women's Canoe Polo World Championships title. *** took the bronze medal. ** Men U21: defeated , 5–4 in overtime, to win their first ICF Men's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title. *** took the bronze medal. ** Women's U21: defeated , 2–1 in overtime, to win their third consecutive ICF Women's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title. *** took the bronze medal. * September 8–11: 2016 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships in

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 16–18: 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel ** Men's C1 26.2 km: Márton Kover ** Men's C2 26.2 km: (Márton Kover, Ádám Docze) ** Men's K1 29.8 km: Hank McGregor ** Men's K2 29.8 km: (Hank McGregor, Jasper Mocke) ** Men's U23 C1 22.6 km: Bence Balázs Dori ** Men's U23 K1 26.2 km: Ádám Petro ** Women's C1 19 km: Zsanett Lakatos ** Women's K1 26.2 km: Renáta Csay ** Women's K2 26.2 km: (Renáta Csay, Alexandra Bara) ** Women's U23 K1 22.6 km: Vanda Kiszli

Rowing

* January 16 – November 13: 2016 FISA Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (
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* August 6–13:

at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

International rowing championships

* January 16: 2016 European Rowing Indoor Championships in Győr ** won the gold medal tally. Poland, , and won 6 overall medals each. * February 28: 2016 FISA Indoor Rowing World Championships in

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** Men's Lightweight winner: Steffen Bonde ** Men's Heavyweight winner: James Letten ** Women's Lightweight winner: Robyn Hart-Winks ** Women's Heavyweight winner: Michelle Lazorchak * March 22–24: 2016 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in

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** M1x winner: Juan Carlos Cabrera Perez ** W1x winner: Michelle Parson ** LM2x winners: Xavier Vela Magi / Willian Giaretton ** LW2x winners: Vanessa Cozzi / Fernanda Leal Ferreira * March 25–27: 2016 South American Rowing Championship in Curauma ** won the gold medal tally. Argentina and won 11 overall medals each. * April 21–23: 2016 Paralympic Qualification Regatta in

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** ASW1X winner: WANG Lili ** ASM1X winner: Huang Cheng ** TAMix2X winners: (LIU Shuang, FEI Tianming) ** LTAMix4+ winners: * April 23–25: 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in

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) ** M1x winner: KIM Dong-yong ** W1x winner:

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** LM2x winners: (SUN Man, WANG Chunxin) ** LW2x winners: (Ayami Oishi, Chiaki Tomita) * May 6–8:

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) ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * May 22–25: 2016 FISA European and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in

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(at Lake Rotsee) ** , the , and won 2 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally. * July 9 & 10: 2016 European Rowing Junior Championships in

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(at Lake Galvė) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 21–28:

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(at the Willem-Alexander Baan) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 21–28: World Rowing Junior Championships 2016 in Rotterdam ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * August 21–28:

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in Rotterdam ** The won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * September 2–4: 2016 World University Rowing Championships in

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** The and won 4 gold medals each. won the overall medal tally. * September 9–11: 2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta in

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* October 21–23: 2016 World Rowing Coastal Championships in ** CM4x+ winner: Team Dukla Praha ** CW2x winner: Team Circolo Canottieri Saturnia ** CM1x winner: Team Real Club Mediterraneo ** CW4x+ winner: Team Club Nautique de Nice ** CM2x winner: Team Real Círculo de Labradores ** CW1x winner: Team Killorglin Rowing Club

2016 World Rowing Cup

* April 15–17: WRC #1 in

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2016 Summer Olympics ( ISAF)

* August 8–18:

at the Marina da Glória ** Men ** Men's RS:X: Dorian van Rijsselberghe; Nick Dempsey;

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** Men's Laser:

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** Men's Finn:

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** Men's 470: ** ( Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić) ** ( Mathew Belcher & William Ryan) ** (

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) ** ( Erik Heil & Thomas Plössel) ** Women ** Women's RS:X:

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; Stefania Elfutina ** Women's Laser Radial:

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Anne-Marie Rindom Anne-Marie Rindom (born 14 June 1991 in Søllerød) is a Danish sailor. She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 13th. She won the 2015 Women's Laser Radial World Championship. At the 2016 S ...

** Women's 470: ** ( Hannah Mills &

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& Polly Powrie) ** (

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& Hélène Defrance) ** Women's 49erFX: ** ( Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze) ** (

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World sailing championships

* June 14–18: 2016 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championships in / Nouméa ** Winners: (Will Dargaville, Sarah Parker, Josh Dawson, James Farquharson) * September 21–25: 2016

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in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ** Winner:

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* September 25–30: 2016 FISU World University Sailing Championship in

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** Open and Women's winners: * December 14–20: 2016 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in

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. However, it withdrew, due to the alleged national discriminatory practices against Israel.'' ** and won 2 gold medals each. Australia, the , , , and won 3 overall medals each. ** Nations Trophy winner:

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

* December 7–13, 2015: SWC #1 in

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(at Biscayne Bay) ** The , , and won 2 gold medals each. The Netherlands won the overall medal tally. * April 25 – May 1: SWC #3 in Hyères (at Rade de Hyères) ** and won 2 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally. * June 6–12: SWC #4 in

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) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 19–25: SWC #5 in

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(at Fushan Bay) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * December 4–11: SWC #6 (final) in

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withdrew from hosting this event from October 24–28, due to the allocation of the World Sailing Annual Conference to Europe.'' ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

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* September 4, 2015 – December 11, 2016: FINA General Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics ( FINA–WP)

* August 6–20:

in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center ** Men: ; ; ** Women: ; ;

World water polo championships

* August 26 – September 3: 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in Podgorica ** defeated , 16–13, in the final. took the bronze medal. * December 12–18: 2016 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in

** defeated , 9–7, to win their first FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships title. ** took the bronze medal.

FINA Water Polo World League

* October 20, 2015 – June 26, 2016:

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** October 20, 2015 – May 10, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches *** , , and all qualified to compete in the Superfinal. ** May 10–15: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (men) in

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*** The , , , and all qualified to compete in the Superfinal. ** June 21–26: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Huizhou *** defeated the , 10–6, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FINA Men's Water Polo World League title. *** took the bronze medal. * October 27, 2015 – June 12, 2016:

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** October 27, 2015 – May 3, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches *** , , and all qualified to be in the Superfinal. ** February 16–21: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (women) in

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*** The , , , and all qualified to be in the Superfinal. ** June 7–12: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Superfinal in

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*** The defeated , 13–9, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall FINA Women's Water Polo World League title. *** took the bronze medal.

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* September 4, 2015 – June 4, 2016:

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, 6–4, to win their fourth LEN Champions League title. Szolnoki VSK took third place. * September 30, 2015 – April 30, 2016:

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defeated

Sintez Kazan Sintez is a Russian professional water polo club from Kazan, Russia. The club was formed in 1974 and plays in Russia's highest division since 1993. Former Russian centar forward Andrey Belofastov is head coach. Accomplishments * Russian Water ...

, 23–10 on aggregate, to win their first LEN Euro Cup title. * December 4, 2015 – April 23, 2016: 2015–16

LEN Women's Champions' Cup The LEN Champions League Women, formerly known as LEN European Cup (from 1987 to 1999), LEN Champions Cup (from 1999 to 2013) and LEN Euroleague Women (2014 to 2022), is the premier competition for women's water polo clubs of Europe and takes plac ...

** April 15 & 16: 2015–16 Women's LEN Trophy Final Four in

Mataró Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the ''comarca'' of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sa ...

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CN Mataró Centre Natació Mataró is a Catalan sports club from Mataró, Barcelona created in 1932. It is active in swimming, water polo, table tennis and triathlon. The men's and women's water polo teams play in the División de Honor Masculina and the D ...

defeated NC Vouliagmeni, 6–5, to win their first Women's LEN Trophy title.

Szentesi VK Szentesi Vízilabda Klub, a.k.a. Hungerit-Metalcom Szentesi for sponsorship reasons, is a Hungarian water polo club from Szentes. Founded in 1934, it is best known for its women's team, which won the 1993 European Cup and subsequently won a rec ...

took the bronze medal. ** April 23 & 24: 2015–16 Women's LEN Euro League Final Four in

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental and its joint capital (co-capital), on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona. Sabadell is located above sea level. Sabadell pioneered the Ind ...

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CN Sabadell Club Natació Sabadell is a Spanish aquatic sports club from Sabadell. Founded in 1916, it is best known for its women's water polo team, which has been the most successful team in the national championship in recent years with nine titles since 2 ...

defeated UVSE Budapest, 11–8, to win their fourth LEN Euro League Women title.

Kinef Kirishi Kinef-Surgutneftegaz (russian: КИНЕФ-Сургутнефтегаз) is a Russian professional men's and women's water polo club from Kirishi owned by Kinef and Surgutneftegaz. The women's club was founded in the 1993–94 season as Fakel. I ...

took the bronze medal. * January 10–23: 2016 European Water Polo Championships for Men and

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Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

** Men: defeated , 10–8, to win their third consecutive and four overall European Water Polo Championships title. took third place. ** Women: defeated the , 9–7, to win their third Women's European Water Polo Championships title. took third place. * September 10–18: 2016 Women's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

2016 European Under 19 Water Polo Championships Website
/ref> ** The defeated , 9–7, in the final. took third place. * September 11–18: 2016 Men's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in

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** defeated , 12–9, in the final. took third place.

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2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

2016 FINA Diving World Series The 2016 FINA Diving World Series was the eighth edition of FINA Diving World Series. The series consisted of four legs: the first leg in Beijing, China; the second leg in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; the third leg in Windsor, Canada; and the fourt ...

2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

Other diving events

Swimming

2016 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine two-day meets in nine different cities between August and October 2016. After switching to long-course (50 meter) pools in the previous year's pre-Olympic season, this edition returned to the u ...

Synchronised swimming

LEN Len or LEN may refer to: People and fictional characters * Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lén, a character from Irish mythology * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ *Le ... aquatic events

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2016 Summer Olympics ( ICF)

Canoe sprint (flatwater)

Continental and world canoe sprint championships

2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

Whitewater slalom (canoe)

Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup The 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 29th edition. Calendar The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Ivrea, Italy (Ju ...

Other canoeing events

Rowing

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2016 World Rowing Cup

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...

2016 Summer Olympics ( ISAF)

World sailing championships

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

Water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

2016 Summer Olympics ( FINA–WP)

World water polo championships

FINA Water Polo World League

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