Finswimming is one of the most exciting water sport ever. Finswimming is a sport belonging to the aquatic specialties which, using specific equipment (monofin, fins, snorkel or cylinders) allows the athlete to reach much higher speeds than swimming. There are indoor (swimming pools) and open water (sea, lake, rivers) championships.

To which federation belongs Finswimming?

The international federation to which fin swimming belongs is CMAS, the Confédération Mondial des Activités Subaquatiques, which is part of the ARISF, and is a discipline recognized by the IOC.

Is there an age limit to join Finswimming?

Finswimming is suitable for any age . In fact, there are competitions for very young people, for children and adults and for veterans, over 25 years old.

How can I find a Finswimming club?

You can find Finswimming clubs easily, just looking on the internet.

How can i stay updated with Finswimming News?

Finswimmer Magazine is the most comprehensive web site about Finswimming in which you can find events, updates and everything about Finswimming.

Italian Finswimming Open Championship Disabled Athletes 2021 - Finswimmer Magazine

🇮🇹 Italian Finswimming Open Championship Disabled Athletes 2021, Finswimmer Magazine - Finswimming News

F.I.P.S.A.S., through the Underwater Activities and Finswimming Sector and in collaboration with the A.S.D. Pinna Sub San Vito, announces and organizes the 10th Italian Finswimming Championship DIFIR, for Disabled Athletes, which will be held in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD), at the Bella Sports Village Italy (pools of 25 and 50 m), from 19 to 21 November 2021.

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In Lignano Sabbiadoro Fipsas also brings universities to the water

Once again the protagonists are the disabled. In water. Fipsas, the Italian Federation of Sport Fishing, Underwater Activities and Finswimming, will bring the search for talent and disability to the pool. And it will do so in Lignano Sabbiadoro (Ud), on 20 and 21 November, with “talentopInnato”: an event that includes a long series of events. On Saturday the Italian freediving and fin swimming championships for “disabled” will start, to which will be added the world record attempts in dynamic freediving (with and without fins) by Fabrizio Pagani from Terni and Ilenia Colanero, from Abruzzo They launch. There will also be the presentation of the first edition of the University World Cup in finswimming, which will be held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, on April 1st and 2nd 2022. An event, the latter, decidedly important, which will sanction the entry of finswimming within the world of Fisu (International University Sports Federation), with the possibility of being included in the program of the Universiade. An objective that Fipsas and Cusi (Italian University Sports Center) are pursuing with great determination. On the occasion of “TalentopInnato”, however, the chance for some athletes from the University of Udine and students from the schools of Lignano and San Vito al Tagliamento to take part in an internship under the supervision of the technical staff of Fipsas. The latter initiative, in which student-athletes will be able to try their hand at the practice of fin swimming, is an integral part of the Sport and Health project aimed at promoting basic sports activities and seeking talent

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