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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.
Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. She is an All-Africa Games gold medalist and Egyptian national champion and record-holder. Osman is the fastest female swimmer in Egypt and Africa, she is currently coached by Teri McKeever. Osman holds the senior national records for all the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke events, as well as African records in the 50m and 100m butterfly.
Simone Ashley Manuel is an American professional swimmer specializing in freestyle events. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley, and silver in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In winning the 100-meter freestyle, a tie with Penny Oleksiak of Canada, Manuel became the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming and set an Olympic record and an American record. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she won a bronze medal as the anchor of the American 4×100-meter freestyle relay team.
Costa Rica is scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.
Holly Barratt is an Australian swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. She also competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships, in Hangzhou, China.
Jan Šefl is a Czech swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. He represented the Czech Republic in men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. He holds the men's Czech national record in the event.
Adilbek Mussin is a Kazakhstani swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2018, he won the bronze medal both in the men's 50 metre butterfly and the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay events at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Bryan Alvaréz is a Costa Rican swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented Costa Rica at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.
Issa Mohamed is a Kenyan swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented Kenya at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
Avice Meya is a Ugandan swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. She also competed in two events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019, she represented Uganda at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.
Bobbi Gichard is a New Zealand swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke and was the lead-off swimmer for the New Zealand team which finish sixth in the final of 4 × 100 metre medley relay.
Claudia Verdino is a Monegasque swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2018, she competed in swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Osisang Dibech Chilton is a Palauan swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the women's 50 m freestyle.
Guilherme Pereira da Costa is a Brazilian swimmer. He is the 400m freestyle bronze medalist at the 2022 World Championships. At the Pan American Games, he was champion of the 400, 800 and 1500 metre freestyle. He is also currently the South American record holder in the 400, 800, and 1500 metre freestyle.
Arnoldo Felipe Herrera Portuguez is a Costa Rican swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented Costa Rica at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Abrahm David DeVine is an American former competitive swimmer from Seattle. He currently represents the LA Current which is part of the International Swimming League. His first international competition was in the men's 200 metre Individual Medley (IM) event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2017, as a member of the U.S. FINA World Championships team he finished tenth in the 200 IM. In his junior season at Stanford he became a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion in the 400 IM, he was named the Pac-12 Conference Swimmer of the Year. In 2018, DeVine placed second in the 200 IM at U.S. Summer Nationals, which qualified him for the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships In Tokyo, Japan, where he finished fifth.
Ayrton Sweeney is a South African pool swimmer and artistic swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
Ana Carolina Vieira is a Brazilian swimmer. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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.
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- ↑ "Denilson da Costa athlete profile". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ↑ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
