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| Sport | Aquatics |
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| Category | Sports governing body |
| Jurisdiction | National |
| Membership | Swim England Swim Wales Scottish Swimming |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Affiliation | FINA LEN British Olympic Association British Paralympic Association |
| Headquarters | SportPark |
| Location | 3 Oakwood Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QF |
| Chairperson | Karen Webb Moss[1] |
| CEO | Drew Barrand |
| Coach | Swimming Chris Spice Para-Swimming Chris Furber Diving Alexei Evangulov Artistic Karen Thorpe |
| Replaced | Amateur Swimming Federation of Great Britain (ASFGB) |
| Official website | |
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Aquatics GB[2] (formerly British Swimming) is the national governing body of swimming, water polo, artistic swimming, diving and open water in Great Britain.[3] Aquatics GB is a federation of the national governing bodies of England (Swim England), Scotland (Scottish Swimming), and Wales (Swim Wales).[3] These three are collectively known as the Home Country National Governing Bodies.[4]
For international swimming purposes, competitive swimming in Northern Ireland falls under the Irish swimming federation, Swim Ireland, and as such Aquatics GB represents Great Britain, rather than the United Kingdom. For the Olympic Games, Northern Irish swimmers may opt to compete for Aquatics GB.
Aquatics GB is a member of World Aquatics, LEN, the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association, and has responsibility for elite performance, doping control and international relationships and events for the sports within Great Britain. The Home Country National Governing Bodies are affiliated to Aquatics GB and are responsible for all other management of the sports in their respective countries from the learn to swim programmes up to performance development.[5]
- ^ "Karen Webb Moss Becomes First Woman to Chair British Swimming". State of Swimming. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Aquatics GB - more than just a new name for British Swimming". Aquatics GB. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b About British Swimming page of the British Swimming website (www.swimming.org/britishswimming); retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ "ASA LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE FOR TEACHING WATER POLO" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "The difference between British Swimming and the Amateur Swimming Association" (PDF). British Swimming. 30 November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2008.