German Swimming Federation

German Swimming Federation

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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.

Organisation

• President: Christa Thiel

See also

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