German Swimming Federation Explained

Founded:	1886
Fina Affiliation:	1908
Region:	LEN
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President:	Christa Thiel

The German Swimming Federation (in German: Deutscher Schwimm-Verband), or DSV is the aquatics national federation for Germany. It oversees competition in the 5 aquatics disciplines (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming; and Masters competition in these).

It is affiliated to:

• FINA, which oversees international swimming;
• LEN, which oversees swimming in Europe;
• the German Olympic Sports Confederation; and
• the German Government's Secretary of State for Sport.

Among other responsibilities, DSV is charged with:

• fielding German teams to international aquatics competitions (such as the Olympics),
• maintaining the German Records for swimming,
• organizing German Championships in aquatics.

DSV was created on 8 August 1886. It has its headquarters in Kassel.^[1]

Organisation

• President: Christa Thiel

See also

• –DSV's page on German Wikipedia.
• www.dsv.de—official website.

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://len.eu/Lists/Federations/federation.aspx?ID=28&Source=http%3A%2F%2Flen.eu%2FLEN%2Ffederations.aspx&ContentTypeId=0x0100AAC74DD961478C4D96180C9ECAF3E151=LEN . len.eu . 2016-01-02.