Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) | |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Founded | 19 July 1908; 112 years ago (1908-07-19) |
Affiliation | Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) |
Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
President | Julio Maglione |
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FINA (French: Fédération internationale de natation, English: International Swimming Federation[a], German: Internationaler Schwimmverband, Spanish: Federación Internacional de Natación) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)[1] for administering international competition in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for the IOC and international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming,[2][3] water polo, and open water swimming.[4] FINA also oversees "Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines.[4]
On 24 July 2009, Julio Maglione of Uruguay was elected FINA President.[5]
FINA (French: Fédération internationale de natation, English: International Swimming Federation[a], German: Internationaler Schwimmverband, Spanish: Federación Internacional de Natación) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)[1] for administering international competition in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for the IOC and international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming,[2][3] water polo, and open water swimming.[4] FINA also oversees "Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines.[4]
On 24 July 2009, Julio Maglione of Uruguay was elected FINA President.[5]
On 24 July 2009, Julio Maglione of Uruguay was elected FINA President.[5]
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.[6]
Number of national federations by year:
At the June 2017, FINA Bureau meeting, Bhutan became the 208th national federation of FINA.[8] and on November 30, 2017, Anguilla became the 209th national federation of FINA[9] Members are grouped by continent, and there are 5 continental associations of which they can choose to be a member:
At the June 2017, FINA Bureau meeting, Bhutan became the 208th national federation of FINA.[8] and on November 30, 2017, Anguilla became the 209th national federation of FINA[9] Members are grouped by continent, and there are 5 continental associations of which they can choose to be a member:
The FINA membership meets every four years, usually coinciding with the World Championships. There are two types of normal or "ordinary" congress: General and Technical. FINA's highest authority is the General Congress. Any technical issues concerning FINA's five aquatic disciplines are decided by the Technical Congress. Each Congress has two voting members from each Member federation, plus the following non-voting members: the 22 members of the Bureau, the Honorary Life President, and all Honorary Members. The Technical Congress has the following additional non-voting members: all members from the respective Technical Committees.[10] "Extraordinary" Congress are also called from time to time, to deal with a specific topic or area of concern (e.g. an Extraordinary Congress was held with the 2009 World Championships to review the Masters swimming rules; there was a General Congress at the 2009 Worlds[11]). All C
The FINA membership meets every four years, usually coinciding with the World Championships. There are two types of normal or "ordinary" congress: General and Technical. FINA's highest authority is the General Congress. Any technical issues concerning FINA's five aquatic disciplines are decided by the Technical Congress. Each Congress has two voting members from each Member federation, plus the following non-voting members: the 22 members of the Bureau, the Honorary Life President, and all Honorary Members. The Technical Congress has the following additional non-voting members: all members from the respective Technical Committees.[10] "Extraordinary" Congress are also called from time to time, to deal with a specific topic or area of concern (e.g. an Extraordinary Congress was held with the 2009 World Championships to review the Masters swimming rules; there was a General Congress at the 2009 Worlds[11]). All Congress meetings are chaired by FINA's president.[10]
Between Congress meetings of the entire membership, a smaller 22-member representative board, called the FINA Bureau, meets to act in a timely manner on items which cannot wait until the entire body can forthgather. It is the Bureau that elects the FINA Executive Officers.Between Congress meetings of the entire membership, a smaller 22-member representative board, called the FINA Bureau, meets to act in a timely manner on items which cannot wait until the entire body can forthgather. It is the Bureau that elects the FINA Executive Officers.[12]
Various committees and commission also help with the oversight of individual disciplines (e.g. the Technical Open Water Swimming Committee helps with open water), or topic-related issues (e.g. the FINA Doping Panel).[13]
Each presidential term is four years, beginning and concluding with the year following the Summer Olympics (i.e., 2018-2021 is the current term).
1954 Honorary President Ing. Ladislav Hauptmann - Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) - President LEN (1948 - 1950) and FINA official.