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Synchronised swimming

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Synchronised swimming (renamed as artistic swimming since July 2017 by the global governing body FINA), is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, mixed duet, free team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. [1]

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Aleksandr Maltsev (synchronised swimmer)

Aleksandr Evgenyevich Maltsev (Александр Евгеньевич Мальцев) (born 22 June 1995) is a Russian competitor in Mixed Duet synchronized swimming.

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Amateur Athletic Union

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States.

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Annette Kellermann

Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (6 July 1887 – 6 November 1975) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer.

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Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty is a 1944 musical film starring Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone and Esther Williams and directed by George Sidney.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bert Hubbard

Albert Hubbard (born June 29, 1927) is an American synchronized swimmer, choreographer and coach.

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Beulah Gundling

Beulah Detwiler Gundling (Feb 13 1916 - Oct 1 2003) was an American synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist, choreographer and author.

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Bill May (synchronized swimmer)

Bill May (born January 17, 1979) is an American synchronized swimmer.

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British Swimming (organisation)

British Swimming is the national governing body of swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming, diving and open water in Great Britain.

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Candy Costie

Candace Costie (born March 12, 1963) is an American competitor and Olympic champion in synchronized swimming.

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Concussion

Concussion, also known as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is typically defined as a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning.

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Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

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Diving platform

A diving platform or diving tower is a type of structure used for competitive diving.

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Esther Williams

Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress.

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FINA

FINA or Fédération internationale de natation (English: International Swimming Federation) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competition in water sports.

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FINA World Aquatics Championships

The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo.

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Gail Johnson

Gail Johnson (later Buzonas, born 1954) is an American synchronized swimming competitor who won four gold medals at the world championships in 1973 and 1975.

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Gelatin

Gelatin or gelatine (from gelatus meaning "stiff", "frozen") is a translucent, colorless, brittle (when dry), flavorless food derived from collagen obtained from various animal body parts.

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Giorgio Minisini

Giorgio Minisini (born 9 March 1996) is an Italian synchronized swimmer.

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Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport that requires balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance.

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Hana Hou!

Hana Hou! is an American bi-monthly English language inflight magazine.

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International Swimming Hall of Fame

The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around the world.

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Katherine Whitney Curtis

Katherine Whitney Curtis (January 4, 1897 - July 6, 1980), also spelled "Katharine" or "Kay" Curtis, is widely credited as the originator of synchronized swimming.

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List of synchronised swimmers

This is a list of synchronised swimmers.

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Men's Cup

Men's Cup is the only world competition in synchro aimed at men.

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Million Dollar Mermaid

Million Dollar Mermaid (also known as The One Piece Bathing Suit in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman.

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Myriam Glez

Myriam Glez (born May 20, 1980) in Lyon, France) is a synchronised swimmer who represented France at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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NHK Twinscam

The NHK Twinscam is a digital-optical-mechanical video camera system designed by the Japanese broadcaster NHK for covering aquatic sports events.

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Noseclip

A noseclip or nose clip is a device made of wire covered in rubber or of plastic, and is worn by people during a wide range of aquatic activities such as kayaking, freediving, recreational swimming, synchronized swimming and waterdance.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Omega SA

Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.

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Squatting position

Squatting is a posture where the weight of the body is on the feet (as with standing) but the knees and hips are bent.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of ones arms and legs to move the body through water.

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Synchronised swimming

Synchronised swimming (renamed as artistic swimming since July 2017 by the global governing body FINA), is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, mixed duet, free team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music.

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Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with two events, both for women only.

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Synchronized swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, two events in synchronised swimming were contested, both for women only.

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Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, two events in synchronized swimming were contested, both for women only.

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Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, only the team event in synchronized swimming was contested, whereas previous Olympics had featured a solo and duet event.

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Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events.

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Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events.

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Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place from August 18 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

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Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from Sunday 5 August to Friday 10 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

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Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were staged from 15 to 20 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center.

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Teresa Anderson

Teresa Mary Anderson (born 1962) is a British Physicist and the Director of the University of Manchester's Discovery Centre at Jodrell Bank Observatory.

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The Big Show (TV series)

The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC for several months in 1980.

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The Brady Bunch Hour

The Brady Bunch Hour is an American variety show featuring skits and songs produced by Sid & Marty Krofft Productions in association with Paramount Television that aired on ABC from November 28, 1976 to May 25, 1977.

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The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper is a 1981 British-American mystery musical comedy film directed by Jim Henson, marking his feature directorial debut.

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Tracie Ruiz

Tracie Lehuanani Ruiz-Conforto (born February 4, 1963) is a three-times Olympic medalist from the United States in synchronised swimming.

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Water aerobics

Water aerobics (waterobics, aquatic fitness, aquafitness, aquafit) is the performance of aerobic exercise in fairly shallow water such as in a swimming pool.

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Water polo

Water polo is a competitive team sport played in the water between two teams.

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1973 World Aquatics Championships

The first FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, from August 31 to September 9, 1973.

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1975 World Aquatics Championships

The 1975 World Aquatics Championships took place in Cali, Colombia between July 19 and July 27, 1975, with 682 participating athletes.

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1978 World Aquatics Championships

The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the free city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28, 1978.

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1982 World Aquatics Championships

The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships were July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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1986 World Aquatics Championships

The 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place in M86 Swimming Center in Madrid, Spain between August 13 and August 23, 1986, with 1119 participating athletes.

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1991 World Aquatics Championships

The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place at the Claremont Superdrome in Perth, Australia from 3 to 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes.

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1994 World Aquatics Championships

The 1994 FINA World Aquatics Championships were held in Rome, Italy between September 1 and September 11, 1994.

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1998 Goodwill Games

The 1998 Goodwill Games was the fourth edition of the international sports competition the Goodwill Games, which were created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s.

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1998 World Aquatics Championships

The 8th FINA World Championships or the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held from 8 to 17 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

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2001 World Aquatics Championships

right The 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001.

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2003 World Aquatics Championships

The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain.

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2005 World Aquatics Championships

The 2005 World Aquatics Championships (Championnats du monde de natation 2005) or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005.

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2007 World Aquatics Championships

The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007.

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2009 World Aquatics Championships

The 2009 World Aquatics Championships (Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from July 17 to August 2, 2009.

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2011 World Aquatics Championships

The 14th FINA World Championships were held on July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.

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2013 World Aquatics Championships

The 15th FINA World Championships (Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from July 20 to August 4 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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2015 World Aquatics Championships

The 16th FINA World Championships (Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015, 2015 елгы Су спорт төрләре буенча дөнья чемпионаты), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

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2016 European Aquatics Championships

The 2016 European Aquatics Championships took place from 9 to 22 May 2016 in London, United Kingdom, in the London Aquatics Centre.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronised_swimming

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