German Swimming Federation

German Swimming Federation

LEN
Association crest
Founded	1886
FINA affiliation	1908
LEN affiliation	xxxx
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;
• DOSB, the German National Olympic and Sport Committee; 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 August 8, 1886. It has its headquarters in Kassel.^[1]

Organisation

• President: Christa Thiel

See also

• (German) de:Deutscher Schwimm-Verbandn–DSV's page on German Wikipedia.
• (German) www.dsv.de—official website.

References

National members of FINA
Current Olympic Disciplines Swimming Diving Open water Synchronized swimming Water polo Other Disciplines Masters High diving
Africa (CANA)	ALG ANG BDI BEN BOT BUR CPV CAF CGO CHA CIV CMR COD COM DJI EGY ERI ETH GAB GAM GBS GEQ GHA GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAD MAR MAW MLI MOZ MRI MTN NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SUD SWZ TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
Americas (ASUA)	North America CAN USA Central America and Caribbean (CCCAN) ANT ARU BAH BAR BER CAY CRC CUB DMA DOM ESA GRN GUA HAI HON ISV IVB JAM LCA MEX NCA PAN PUR SKN TCN TRI VIN South America (CONSANAT) ARG BOL BRA COL CHI ECU GUY PAR PER SUR URU VEN
Asia (AASF)	AFG BAN BRN BRU CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe (LEN)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FAR FIN FRA GBR GER GEO GIB GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROM RUS SLO SMR SRB SVK SWE SUI TUR UKR
Oceania (OSA)	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM MHL NMA NZL PLW PNG SAM SOL TGA VAN
Pinnacle Events Olympics FINA World Aquatics Championships

Sports governing bodies in Germany (GER)
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Paralympic and Disabled Sports	-
Others Sports	American Football Rugby League Rugby Union
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund National Paralympic Committee Germany