Artistic Swimming

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...

American Artistic Swimmer Anita Alvarez Faints During Competition, Saved by Coach The artistic swimming competition at the 2022 FINA World Championships was the site of a dramatic scene when American Anita Alvarez fainted during competition and had to be rescued by a coach. Alvarez lost consciousnes...

Artistic Swimmer Sarah-Eve Pelletier to Head Canada’s Safe Sport Program Retired artistic swimmer Sarah-Eve Pelletier was announced this week as the first head of Canada’s safe sport program. Pelletier was announced Tuesday as the first Sports Integrity Commissioner by the Sport Dispute Resolution C...

Aquatics Teams in Hungary, Italy Rallying to Shelter Ukraine Athletes Aquatics athletes from Ukraine are getting support, in moments small and large, from fellow athletes across Europe as the invasion of their country by Russia drags on. The Hungarian Swimming Association this week has opened its do...

The leadership of the five constituent members of United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) – USA Artistic Swimming, USA Diving, US Masters Swimming, USA Swimming and USA Water Polo – met last month to endorse the nomination of Bill May by the athlete members of USA Artistic Swimming for a position on the...

Svetlana Romashina and Svetlana Kolesnichenko Named Swimming World's Artistic Swimmers of the Year With the end of 2021 rapidly approaching, Swimming World has been handing out a variety of awards for the different aquatic disciplines. This year, because there was no way to separate their performanc...

The Santa Clara Aquamaids (SCA), a pillar in the sport of artistic swimming in the United States and one of the most-recognized elite clubs globally, is excited to announce that internationally renowned artistic swimmer and long-time Cirque du Soleil performer Bill May will serve as the Santa Clara ...

On the same day that synchronized swimming pioneer Joy Cushman died at 98, another pioneer in the sport also died. Dawn Bean, who along with Cushman were instrumental in the development of synchronized swimming as an international sport, died at 94. Bean, who was inducted into the International Swim...

Joy Cushman, International Swimming Hall of Fame honoree, died on Wednesday. She was 98. She was a member of United States Synchronized Swimming, and represented the group on the United States Olympic Committee's Executive Board from 1956-75. She was the USSS Chairperson from 1958-63 and was the FIN...