The German Swimming Federation (in German: ''Deutscher Schwimm-Verband''), or DSV is the aquatics national federation for

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. It oversees competition in the 5 aquatics disciplines (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming; and Masters competition in these). It is affiliated to: *

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 administer ...

, which oversees international swimming; *

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, which oversees swimming in Europe; *the

German Olympic Sports Confederation The German Olympic Sports Confederation (german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund or DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates ...

; and *the German Government's Secretary of State for Sport. Among other responsibilities, DSV is charged with: *fielding German teams to international aquatics competitions (such as the Olympics), *maintaining the German Records for swimming, *organizing German Championships in aquatics. DSV was created on 8 August 1886. It has its headquarters in

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*President: Christa Thiel

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Swimming in Germany

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