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Fédération internationale de natation

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Corporate name headingFédération internationale de natation
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Variant(s)FINA (Fédération internationale de natation)
See alsoPredecessor: Fédération internationale de natation amateur
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Successor: World Aquatics (Organization)
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Beginning date2000
Ending date2023-01
LocatedLausanne (Switzerland)
Field of activityAquatic sports Diving Swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo
Found inHistoFINA, 2001: t.p. (FINA) cover (Federation internationale de natation) p. 8 (founded on 19 July 1908 under the name Federation internationale de natation amateur; name changed in 2000 to Federation internationale de natation)
FINA official website, Mar. 31, 2006 (FINA, Federation internationale de natation)
World Aquatics web site, viewed 19 July 2023: about (World Aquatics, formerly known as the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), is the sole and exclusive world governing body for all Aquatics)
Wikipedia, viewed 19 July 2023: World Aquatics (officially renamed World Aquatics in January 2023; oversees competition in swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming; based in Lausanne, Switzerland)