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FINA Swimming World Cup
The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup (formerly known as the FINA Swimming World Cup) is an international series of swimming meets organized by World Aquatics (the international governing body formerly known as FINA). Launched in 1988, the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup is staged between August and November every year and attracts a high level of athletes due to the considerable prize money on offer. The event is traditionally held in short course (25m pool) format, with a switch to long course (50m pool) format in pre-Olympics years. Prior to the COVID hiatus in 2020 the event was being held in three clusters, totaling seven three day meets across seven different locations with prize money reaching US$2.5 million. The event resumed in 2021 as four meets each of three days duration, and the 2023 edition was staged as three meets each of three days duration. The event is popular with prominent swimmers due to the prize money on offer. In 2022, a total of US$1.2 million was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 1988–89 FINA Swimming World Cup was the first of the series. It took place at eight Short course (swimming), short course venues in Europe and North America in November 1988 and February 1989. Eighteen Swimming (sport)#Swim styles, swim styles were included for men and women. Meets Dates and locations for the 1988–1989 World Cup meets were: Event winners 25 freestyle 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle 400 freestyle 1500/800 freestyle 50 Backstroke 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 50 Breaststroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 50 Butterfly 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 100 Individual Medley 200 Individual Medley 400 Individual Medley References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 FINA Swimming World Cup
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitting December 31. This was due to an adjustment of the International Date Line by the Kiribati government to bring all of its territories into the same calendar day. Events January * January 1 ** The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established. ** Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. * January 8 – ''Soyuz TM-18'': Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit. * January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. * January 14 – U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords, which stop the prepr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Sheppard
Alison Sheppard, (born 5 November 1972) is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland. Swimming career She competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1988. She is a seven times winner of the British Championship in 50 metres freestyle (1991 and 1999–2004) and the 2003 100 metres freestyle. Sheppard was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to swimming. She retired from competitive swimming in 2005 and teaches swimming in Stirling in her own swimming school. Personal bests and records held See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women) This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (sport), swimming from 1930 to 2022. Current program 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 50 metre backs ... Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rupprath
Thomas Rupprath (born 16 March 1977 in Neuss) is an Olympic Games, Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed Michael Groß, "The New Albatross". Biography He held the world record for the 50 m backstroke (Short course (swimming), short course) with a time of 23.27 seconds set on 31 November 2002. This was broken by Robert Hurley (swimmer), Robert Hurley of Australia on 26 October 2008. He also held the 50 m backstroke (long course) record between 7 July 2003 to 2 April 2008 with a time of 24.80 s. With a time of 54.16 over 100 m backstroke (second behind Helge Meeuw) Thomas Rupprath managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. He also won the 100 m butterfly at the German trials. Achievements ;Olympic Games * Bronze medal in 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney * Silver medal in 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Athens ;World championships * Silver medal at Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, 2007 Melbourne ;World Championships SC * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002–03 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2002–03 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine, international short course (25m) swimming meets organized by FINA World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in List of water sports, water sports. It is one of several interna .... The meets were held in seven different cities, from November 2002 through January 2003.''Natation Infos'', N° 1213 (trans: ''Swimming Info'' volume 1213), journal of the Fédération Française de Natation, February 2002 edition, p.5. Retrieved 2012-03-25. Each featured 34 events: 17 for males, 17 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Moravcová
Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak Medley swimming, medley, butterfly swimming, butterfly, and Freestyle swimming, freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and went on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics (1992–2008). She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, both achieved at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly, 100 metre butterfly, she finished second to Inge de Bruijn, and in the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, she finished eight one-hundredths of a second to home favourite Susie O'Neill. Early life Martina Moravcová was born in 1976 in Piešťany. As a child, she liked to go to the swimming pool and swim in the Váh river; when she became a young girl, she participated in yachting on Sĺňava Lake. In 1995 she moved to Dallas, Dallas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Moses (swimmer)
Glenn Edward Moses Jr. (born June 7, 1980) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold and silver medal. On January 23, 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, Moses set a world record in the short course 100-meter breaststroke (57.47). In January 2002, Moses also set the world mark in the short course 200-meter breaststroke, which he lowered again with a time of 2:02.92 in Berlin on January 17, 2004. Moses was a contestant on the television program '' Mental Samurai'' on April 16, 2019. He answered 10 out of 12 questions correctly but then ran out of time. He is a class of ‘99 graduate of Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia which has several other notable athletic alumni including: Mia Hamm, Allen Johnson, and Hubert Davis. Career Moses was born in Loma Linda, California, to U.S. Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine international short course (25m) swimming meets organized by FINA. The meets were held in nine different cities, from November 2001 through January 2002.Top international swimmers to compete in Edmonton at the 2001 Speedo World Cup'', press release from Swimming Canada. Published 2001-11-21, retrieved via Sport Information Resource Centre website (www.sirc.ca) on 2012-03-24. Each featured 34 events: seventeen for males and seventeen for females. Ed Moses of the US and Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak Medley swimming, medley, butterfly swimming, butterfly, and Freestyle swimming, freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and ... of Slovakia were the overall male and female winners of the series. The 2001–2002 World Cup saw 22 world records bettered. Meets Dates and locations for the 2001–2002 World Cup meets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000–01 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2000–01 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of ten international short course (25m) swimming meets organized by FINA. The meets were held in ten different cities, from November 2000 through January 2001. Each featured 34 events: seventeen for males and seventeen for females. Meets Dates and locations for the 2000–2001 World Cup meets were: Event winners 50 freestyle * Men Winner: N/A * Women Winner: Martina Moravcová 100 freestyle * Men Winner: Brian Jones * Women Winner: Martina Moravcová 200 freestyle * Men Winner: N/A * Women Winner: Martina Moravcová 400 freestyle * Men Winner: N/A * Women Winner: N/A 1500/800 freestyle * Men Winner: N/A * Women Winner: N/A 50 Backstroke * Men Winner: Sebastian Halgasch * Women Winner: Martina Moravcová 100 Backstroke * Men Winner: Gordan Kozulj * Women Winner: N/A 200 Backstroke * Men Winner: Gordan Kozulj * Women Winner: N/A 50 Breaststroke * Men Winner: Morgan Knabe * Women Winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 FINA Swimming World Cup
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
