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World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA, 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.
Federica Pellegrini is an Italian retired swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Pellegrini became the first woman ever to break the 4-minute barrier in the 400 m freestyle with a time of 3:59.15. She also held the women's 200 meters freestyle world record.
The 17th FINA World Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.
The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.
Afghanistan competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July. This marked the first appearance for the nation at the World Aquatics Championships.
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Khurshidjon Tursunov is an Uzbekistani swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he was scheduled to represent Uzbekistan at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea in the men's 50 metre freestyle and men's 100 metre freestyle events. In both events he did not compete.
Peter Wetzlar is a Zimbabwean swimmer. He attended Westville Boys' High School in Durban, South Africa and the University of Kentucky. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü is a Mongolian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented Mongolia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea and he finished in 72nd place in the heats in the men's 50 metre freestyle event. In the men's 100 metre freestyle he finished in 92nd place in the heats.
Osisang Dibech Chilton is a Palauan swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the women's 50 m freestyle.
Kim Busch is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle and butterfly. As a member of the Dutch freestyle relay team she won silver in the 4×50 m event during the 2016 Short Course World Championships, and bronze in the 4×100 m event during the 2017 World Championships.
Katsuhiro Matsumoto is a Japanese swimmer who specializes in freestyle. He is a silver medalist at the World Championships.
Filippo Megli is an Italian swimmer. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
Alexander Graham is an Australian retired swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Gabriel José Almeida Lopes is a Portuguese swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he competed in three events at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Daniils Bobrovs is a Latvian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented Latvia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.
Alena Khamulkina is a Belarusian diver. In 2019, she finished in 29th place in the preliminary round in the women's 1 metre springboard event at the World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. In the women's 3 metre springboard event she finished in 27th place in the preliminary round.
From 2015 to 2022 when the World Aquatics was still known as FINA, neutral athletes have competed under the designation Independent FINA Athlete (IFA) either due to their national federation's suspension of their governing body or as refugees.
References
- ↑ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
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