Finswimming is one of the most exciting water sport ever. Finswimming is a sport belonging to the aquatic specialties which, using specific equipment (monofin, fins, snorkel or cylinders) allows the athlete to reach much higher speeds than swimming. There are indoor (swimming pools) and open water (sea, lake, rivers) championships.

To which federation belongs Finswimming?

The international federation to which fin swimming belongs is CMAS, the Confédération Mondial des Activités Subaquatiques, which is part of the ARISF, and is a discipline recognized by the IOC.

Is there an age limit to join Finswimming?

Finswimming is suitable for any age . In fact, there are competitions for very young people, for children and adults and for veterans, over 25 years old.

How can I find a Finswimming club?

You can find Finswimming clubs easily, just looking on the internet.

How can i stay updated with Finswimming News?

Finswimmer Magazine is the most comprehensive web site about Finswimming in which you can find events, updates and everything about Finswimming.

Not only did Senanszky win both Women’s Bi Fin competitions at The World Games in Wroclaw in 2017 – both with a new World Record – in July 2018 she also dominated the same distances at the Finswimming World Championships by winning two individual gold medals and one bronze in relay.

Petra Senanszky’s career started at the age of 8, when her parents took her to a Debrecen diving club. She won her first World Championship title in 2011 and has since won 10 more. Her first appearance at The World Games was impressive: she was one of the first competitors to win gold at the Games in Poland, on July 21, 2017, and the both World Records she achieved in Wroclaw still stand today!

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR VOTING OPEN

The online voting for The World Games Athlete of the Year 2018 has now been opened! A record number of candidates, 25, are competing for the title. Last year, Sport Climbing World Record holder and The World Games 2017 champion, Reza Alipourshenazandifar (IRI) won the Athlete of the Year title with 90,790 votes just before Powerlifter legend Larysa Soloviova (UKR) with 90,036 votes.

The 25 candidates from 25 The World Games sports have been proposed by their international federations based on extraordinary achievements in 2018 or for several years. Everyone can now vote once per day during January for their candidate online.

After the first round, lasting until 15th January, the ten athletes or teams with the highest ranking will move into the final. These candidates will take the votes already cast into the final round. The winner will then be determined on 31st January at midnight UCT.

Vote now!

All The World Games Athlete of the Year 2018 candidates in alphabetical order (by surname):

Tove Alexandersson (SWE) Orienteering

Rudi Browning (AUS) Air Sports

Burkina Faso, Women’s team (BUR) Floorball

Marina Chernova &Georgii Pataraia (RUS) Gymnastics

Nour El Tayeb & Ali Farag (EGY) Squash

Renato Filippin (SUI) Aikido

Dominique Fontenette (USA) Flying Disc

Janja Garnbret (SLO) Sport Climbing

Germany Men’s Canoe Polo team (GER) Canoe

Greece Women’s team (GRE) Beach Handball

Ke Leng (CAM) Boules Sports

Sara Lopez (COL) Archery

Luca Lucaroni (ITA) Roller Sports

Sananzade Orfan (UKR) Kickboxing

Anna Poliakova (RUS) Sumo

Sandra Sanchez (ESP) Karate

Petra Senanszky (HUN) Underwater Sports

Suzanne Struik (NED) Korfball

Switzerland Men’s U23 team (SUI) Tug of War

Patrick Thomas (GER) Fistball

Jennifer Thompson (USA) Powerlifting

Maximiliano Ulloa (USA) Ju-jitsu

USA Men’s team (USA) Lacrosse

Svetlana Vinnikova (RUS) Muaythai

Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova (RUS) DanceSport

The World Games is a multi-sport event staged every four years by the International World Games Association under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee. The 11th edition of The World Games will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 15-25 July 2021. 3,600 athletes from over 30 sports and 100 countries will take part in the Games.