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Aquathlon (from the latten aqua(water) and athalon (wrestling) is wrestling in the water. Aquathlon was invented by Igor Ostrovsky, a coach of swimming and underwater sports. Aquathlon includes several disciplines: Aquathlon classic style, Aquathlon free style, Aquathlon scuba style, Aquathlon combat style, and Aquathlon gymnastics. Aquathlon is sometimes referred to as scuba combat.
[edit] History
- 1974 – 1982 [[[Igor Ostrovsky]]], a coach of swimming and underwater sports at the Moscow Technological Institute created and developed Aquathlon.
- 1982 The first Aquathlon scuba style competition was held in Moscow, Russia.
- 1984 The first Aquathlon club was established in Moscow, Russia.
- 1985 The first Aquathlon classic style competition was held in Moscow, Russia.
- 1987 Igor Ostrovsky and his students demonstrated Aquathlon combat style in the Olympic swimming pool in Moscow, Russia.
- 1988 The first Aquathlon free style competition was held in Moscow, Russia.
- 1989 The Aquathlon Association was established in Moscow in order to associate all the Aquathlon clubs in the USSR.
- 1990 Aquathlon was recognized by the USSR Underwater Sports Federation.
- 1993 The first International Aquathlon competition was held in Moscow, Russia.
- 1996 The International Aquathlon Association was established.
- 2002 The first European Aquathlon championship was held in Shokino, Russia.
- 2007 The first World Aquathlon championship was held in Bari, Italy.
[edit] Aquathlon Champions
- 1982 male Igor Ostrovsky (USSR)
- 1983 male Leonid Eliseev (USSR)
- 1984 male Igor Tachkov (USSR)
- 1985 male Oleg Kozlovsky (USSR)
- 1986 male Viktor Kisel (USSR)
- 1986 female Larisa Bratusheva (USSR)
- 1987 male Yuri Goncharov (USSR)
- 1987 female Ludmila Efimova (USSR)
- 1988 male Yuri Goncharov (USSR)
- 1988 female Svetlana Nechta (USSR)
- 1989 male Andrey Fadeev (USSR)
- 1989 female Svetlana Nechta (USSR)
- 1990 male Dmitry Shuchkov (USSR)
- 1990 female Irina Zigalova (USSR)
- 1991 male Andrey Fadeev (USSR)
- 1991 female Larisa Rusakova (USSR)
- 1992 male Sergey Ataulin (RUS)
- 1992 female Olga Trofimova (RUS)
- 1993 male Dmitry Dobruzky (RUS)
- 1993 female Olga Trofimova (RUS)
- 1994 male Dmitry Dobruzky (RUS)
- 1994 female Olga Trofimova (RUS)
- 1995 male Dmitry Dobruzky (RUS)
- 1995 female Olga Trofimova (RUS)
- 1996 male Atrem Trepetov (RUS)
- 1996 female Svetlana Varacha (RUS)
- 1997 male Kostantin Bekauri (RUS)
- 1997 female Olga Trofimova (RUS)
- 1998 male Andrey Proskurin (RUS)
- 1998 female Olga Trofimova (RUS)
- 1999 male Andrey Proskurin (RUS)
- 1999 female Nadejda Konovalova (RUS)
- 2000 male Sergey Ataulin (RUS)
- 2000 female Nadejda Konovalova (RUS)
- 2001 male Andrey Proskurin (RUS)
- 2001 female Polina Tagashkina (RUS)
- 2002 male Yuri Goncharov (RUS)
- 2002 female Nadejda Konovalova (RUS)
- 2003 male Sergey Mironov (RUS)
- 2003 female Ksenia Safronova (RUS)
- 2004 male Oleg Falaleev (MOLD)
- 2004 femle Lubov Fedorova (RUS)
- 2005 male Andrey Proskurin (RUS)
- 2005 female Olga Trofimova (RUS)
- 2006 male Andrey Prosurin (RUS)
- 2006 female Polina Tsap (ISR)
- 2007 male Oleg Nevencheny (UKR)
- 2007 male Andrey Proskurin (RUS)
- 2007 female Jana Zubkova (RUS)
- 2007 female Nadejda Konovalova (RUS)
[edit] Statutes of the International Aquathlon Academy
- The International Aquathlon Academy referred to herein as the IAA shall be a non-political international organization.
- The main objectives of the IAA shall be:
- to give assistance to the International Aquathlon Association and the Aquathlon Commission of CMAS to develop Aquathlon globally and to formulate and update International Aquathlon rules and competition regulations.
- to educate and train Aquathlon wrestlers, Aquathlon instructors, coaches and referees
- to organize and hold courses, international seminars and training camps
- The IAA shall create its own branches.
- The IAA incomes shall come from payments for studying on courses and at seminars, and for participation in training camps; donations from sponsors; rights from TV broadcasts of official IAA events; from license fees from branches and from other sources.
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