African Swimming Confederation
Confédération Africaine de Natation (CANA) | |
Sport | Aquatic Sports |
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Membership | 43 federations |
Founded | 1970; 54 years ago (1970) |
Regional affiliation | Africa |
Headquarters | Johannesburg |
Location | South Africa |
President | Sam Ramsamy |
Chairperson | Doreen Tiborcz |
Secretary | Mohamed Diop |
African Swimming Confederation (CANA) is the African Swimming Confederation: Confédération Africaine de Natation. It is the Continental Association charged with overseeing swimming for Africa. CANA was founded in 1970, with 7 members. By 2008 it had 43 members.[1]
Members
CANA is geographically divided into four (4) Zones, each of which hosts its own Age Group Championships. The Zones are as follows:
Zone | Members | ||||
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1 | Algeria | Egypt | Libya | Morocco | Tunisia |
2 | Cameroon | Congo | Ivory Coast | DR Congo | Gambia |
Ghana | Guinea | Mali | Niger | ||
Nigeria | Senegal | Togo | |||
3 | Burundi | Ethiopia | Kenya | Rwanda | |
Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda | |||
4 | Angola | Botswana | Comoros | Lesotho | Madagascar |
Malawi | Mauritius | Mozambique | Namibia | Seychelles | |
South Africa | Eswatini | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
Other African FINA members:
Competitions
- African Swimming Championships
- African Junior Swimming Championships
- African Zone Swimming Championships (annual; multiple locations)
References
- ^ "Message from the President". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-10-07. Note: The 43 number is what is listed on the CANA website; however, FINA has 45 national federations in Africa.
External links
- CANA website
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World Aquatics
- Swimming
- Diving
- High diving
- Open water swimming
- Synchronized swimming
- Water polo
- George Hearn (1908–1924)
- Erik Bergvall (1924–1928)
- Émile-Georges Drigny (1928–1932)
- Walther Binner (1932–1936)
- Harold Fern (1936–1948 )
- Rene de Raeve (1948–1952)
- M.L. Negri (1952–1956)
- Jan de Vries (1956–1960)
- Max Ritter (1960–1964)
- William Berge Phillips (1964–1968)
- Javier Ostos Mora (1968–1972)
- Harold Henning (1972–1976)
- Javier Ostos Mora (1976–1980, 2nd term)
- Ante Lambaša (1980–1984)
- Robert Helmick (1984–1988)
- Mustapha Larfaoui (1988–2009)
- Julio Maglione (2009–2021)
- Husain Al-Musallam (2021–present)
associations
- African Swimming Confederation (CANA)
- Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA)
- Asia Swimming Federation (AASF)
- European Swimming League (LEN)
- Oceania Swimming Association (OSA)
- World Aquatics Championships
- World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
- World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships