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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.
Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley, 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, and 200 metre breaststroke. After making her Olympic debut in 2008, she went on to win the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke in 2012, and silver medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre breaststroke in 2016. She is a six-time World Champion, winning the 50 metre breaststroke in 2009 and 2013, the 100 metre breaststroke in 2015, and the 200 metre breaststroke in 2013, 2017, and 2019. In 2019, she became the first woman to win the 200 metre breaststroke at a FINA World Aquatics Championships three times. She is a former world record holder in the long course 50 metre breaststroke. She has won 109 medals, including 48 gold medals, at Swimming World Cups.
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Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American competitive swimmer. She has won seven Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She has won a world record 16 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. Ledecky's six individual gold medals at the Olympics and 26 overall medals at the World Aquatics Championships are records in women's swimming. Ledecky is the world record holder in the women's 800- and 1500-meter freestyle as well as the former world record holder in the women's 400-meter freestyle. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. She is widely regarded as the greatest female swimmer of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time.
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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.
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.
Ariarne Elizabeth Titmus, is an Australian swimmer. She is the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle, having won both events at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the world record holder in the long course 200-metre freestyle and 400-metre freestyle events. In 2019 and 2020, she competed representing the Cali Condors in the International Swimming League.
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.
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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 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.
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 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
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