Confederación Sudamericana de Natación (CONSANAT) is the South American Swimming Confederation, which oversees international aquatics competitions among

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n countries. It is affiliated to

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, the international federation for swimming, via ASUA, the swimming continental association for the Americas. CONSANAT formed on March 16, 1929 in

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. Its office is currently located in

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. CONSANAT organizes South American aquatics championships in diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo. It also maintains the

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and South American Junior Records.

Member National Federations

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is an overseas department of

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, it is not a CONSANAT member. Rather, it is a department of the French Swimming Federation, la

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(FFN).

Competitions

CONSANAT organizes several South American aquatics championships, including: *

South American Aquatics Championships South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

(all 5 disciplines) : in the even years between Summer Olympics, these are the aquatics competitions at the

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nati ...

. *

South American Masters Aquatics Championships South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

(in even years). * South American Juniors Aquatics Championships (in odd years).

External links

CONSANAT

2009 South Americans Juniors
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