Artistic Swimming

Many of the top male artistic swimmers from around the world came together for an elite camp in Barcelona. Under the guidance of expert coaches, the event showcased the growing prominence of men’s artistic swimming. The camp, Dec. 13-15,  at Sant Cugat, Barcelona, brought together 36 male athletes—1...

USA Artistic Swimming Promotes Lara Teixeira to Chief of Sport USA Artistic Swimming on Monday promoted Lara Teixeira to its Chief of Sport position. Teixeira had been the program’s high performance director. She will occupy an expanded role in that position to help replace Shari Darst, who announce...

Izzy Thorpe Adjusting To Life After Landmark Silver In Artistic Swimming When an athlete stands on the Olympic podium with a medal around their neck, it’s a brief moment that follows years of dedication, intensity, commitment and planning. Athletes go all in in every area of their lives as they push...

Paris Olympics: Great Britain Basking in First Ever Artistic Swimming Medal While it was China that claimed another Olympic gold medal in artistic swimming to close out action in the pool, it was a duo from Great Britain that made history. Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe claimed the silver medal in th...

Paris Olympics: China Repeats Artistic Swimming Gold; US Claims Silver With Viral Moonwalk While China repeated as gold medalists in the artistic swimming, the U.S. made history with its first medal in the sport since 2004 - and used an underwater moonwalk that went viral to get there. China won the...

'Swimming Pretty' A Groundbreaking History of Artistic Swimming is Pivotal Work As the 2024 Paris Olympics reach audiences around the world, there will be plenty of focus on the water. From swimming to diving to open water and water polo, aquatics athletes will be on display. It is also the biggest ...

USA Artistic Swimming Announces Roster for Paris Olympics Earlier this year at the World Championships in Doha, the United States artistic swimming team qualified for its first Olympic appearance since 2008. Now, the organization has announced the final group that will head to Paris for the Games ne...

Cross Training Options to Remain Fit in the Water (Video) Staring at the black line on the bottom of the pool can become a challenge for both competitive and recreational swimmers. Fortunately for those who enjoy the water, but might want a change of pace, there are several cross-training options th...

Passages: Judy McGowan, ISHOF Artistic Swimmer Inductee Judy McGowan, a long-time synchronized and artistic swimming competitor, coach and official, died on March 10. McGowan was a massive figure in American synchronized swimming for a half-century, including as Founding President of U.S. Synchroniz...

U.S. Artistic Swimming Qualifies for Team Event in Olympics for First Time Since 2008 The United States finished third on Friday in the mixed team artistic swimming competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, earning a spot at the Paris Olympics. It’s the first time that the U.S. has qu...

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USA Artistic Swimming Foundation to Host Day of Giving, Watch Parties' The USA Artistic Swimming Foundation (USAASF) is hosting a couple of big events this year, starting with its Day of Giving on July 26. On the day of giving, the USA Artistic Swimming Foundation donors and USAASF trustees will mat...

The World Championships saw some grounbreaking performances, and history being made in artistic swimming. Bill May, 44, became the first American man to win a world team medal, joining the U.S. team that claimed silver in the acrobatic routine. It was the first U.S. medal in artistic swimming since ...

Chris Carver is a ground-breaking synchronized swimming choreographer and club coach of the world renowned Santa Clara Aquamaids and joins the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) as an Honor Coach. As the co-head coach of the U.S. National Team, the team won every gold medal in elite intern...

Ona Carbonell, 23-Time World Champion Medalist Artistic Swimmer, Retires Ona Carbonell, a two-time Olympic medalist and 23-time World Championships medalist, announced her retirement from artistic swimming last week. The Spanish international qualified for three Olympics and returned with medals twi...

Mexican Artistic Swimming Turns to Fundraising, Patronage of Carlos Slim In an effort to make ends meet, Mexican artistic swimming program has turned to fundraising and the patronage of rich benefactors within the country. Reuters detailed the efforts this week, with the artistic swimming program se...

USA Artistic Swimming Featured in Super Bowl Ad for TRESemmé As part of a partnership with USA Artistic Swimming, eight American athletes were featured in a Super Bowl advertisement for TRESemmé. The ad comes with a partnership agreement between USA Artistic swimming and the haircare company. The at...

Summer McIntosh, Joshua Liendo Win 2022 ACA Awards Summer McIntosh and Joshua Liendo were named the Female and Male Athletes of the Year in the 2022 Aquatics Canada Aquatiques (ACA) Awards released Tuesday. The ACA Awards recognize the top contributors in a variety of disciplines in Canadian swimmin...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has given its approval for World Aquatics to allow men to participate in the Artistic Swimming competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Artistic Swimming was formerly known as synchronised swimming until 2017). Men will now be eligible to compete in the...

FINA Announces Artistic Swimmer Anita Alvarez Will Not Compete in Team Final After Fainting During Solo Competition FINA has announced that U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez will not compete in the team final at the 2022 World Championships. Alvarez lost consciousness during the her routine in the...