Swimming Union of the Americas
The Swimming Union of the Americas is the swimming continental association for the Americas (i.e. it oversees international aquatics competition within North and South America).[1] It is commonly referred to as ASUA in English, or by its Spanish and French acronym, UANA – Unión Americana de Natación (Spanish) or Union américaine de natation (French).
ASUA was founded during the 1948 Olympics in London, UK.
Organization
ASUA is divided into 4 Zones, each with its own body which organizes competitions.[2] The bodies that oversees these Zones, are:
- Zone 1: CONSANAT—the South American Swimming Confederation (Confederación Sudamericana de Natación).
- Zone 2: CCCAN—the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Confederation (Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Natación).
- Zone 3: United States Aquatic Sports (USAS)
- Zone 4: Aquatic Federation of Canada
Member countries (with FINA abbreviations), by zone:
Zone | Confederation | Countries | |||
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1 | CONSANAT (12) |
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2 | CCCAN (29) |
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3 | USAS (1) | USA (USA) | |||
4 | AFC (1) | Canada (CAN) |
Note: Belize (BZE) is also a member of ASUA; however, as of June 2016 it is not (yet) listed as a CCCAN member,[3] the regional confederation they geographically belong to.
Competitions
- Artistic Swimming: Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships
- Swimming: UANA Swimming Cup
- Water Polo: UANA Water Polo Cup
See also
References
External links
- UANA
- CONSANAT
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- Swimming
- Diving
- High diving
- Open water swimming
- Synchronized swimming
- Water polo
- George Hearn (1908–1924)
- Erik Bergvall (1924–1928)
- Émile-Georges Drigny (1928–1932)
- Walther Binner (1932–1936)
- Harold Fern (1936–1948 )
- Rene de Raeve (1948–1952)
- M.L. Negri (1952–1956)
- Jan de Vries (1956–1960)
- Max Ritter (1960–1964)
- William Berge Phillips (1964–1968)
- Javier Ostos Mora (1968–1972)
- Harold Henning (1972–1976)
- Javier Ostos Mora (1976–1980, 2nd term)
- Ante Lambaša (1980–1984)
- Robert Helmick (1984–1988)
- Mustapha Larfaoui (1988–2009)
- Julio Maglione (2009–2021)
- Husain Al-Musallam (2021–present)
associations
- African Swimming Confederation (CANA)
- Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA)
- Asia Swimming Federation (AASF)
- European Swimming League (LEN)
- Oceania Swimming Association (OSA)
- World Aquatics Championships
- World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
- World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships