Swimming Australia is thrilled to announce a new partnership with iconic swimwear brand arena, that will see them become the official swimwear supplier of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team for the next four years.<\/p>\n
The exciting partnership with Italian based arena, a leading manufacturer of competitive swimwear and equipment, will commence in January 2017, and will see Swimming Australia committing to partner and help drive sales of arena products in Australia.<\/p>\n
Some of the stars of the Dolphins wearing arena<\/strong> include World Champions Cate<\/strong> and Bronte<\/strong> Campbell<\/strong>, Mitch<\/strong> Larkin<\/strong>, Emily<\/strong> Seebohm<\/strong> and World Championship medallist Jessica Ashwood.<\/strong><\/p>\n Swimming Australia CEO Mark Anderson<\/strong> said, \u201cWe welcome arena to our team and our swimming family in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe will be working closely with arena to further enhance our elite performances in the pool over the coming four-year cycle, as we seek continuous improvement and world\u2019s best partners to assist us in the next stage of our development.<\/p>\n \u201cCommercially, Swimming Australia is in its strongest period in recent history after re-signing with Mrs Rinehart\u2019s Hancock Prospecting until 2020, and announcing the signing of new partner Optus just prior to Rio, both as Principal Partners.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are looking forward to further improving our elite performances wearing arena products, but also helping the arena business grow and develop here in Australia,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n Swimming Australia National Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren<\/strong> said, \u201cToday\u2019s announcement is fantastic for the Australian Dolphins team.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have worked previously with the arena team when I was a coach in the Netherlands, and I have seen first-hand the focus, expertise and passion they display when it comes to the elite level.<\/p>\n \u201cAlready many of our swimmers race in arena, and I am really excited to see what the broader team can achieve with this new partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n Luca Belogi<\/strong>, General Manager, International Business Division arena expressed his excitement at the partnership.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very proud and excited about this new partnership,\u201d Mr Belogi said.<\/p>\n \u201cAustralia is a country of swimming and the Australian Dolphins team is one of the strongest teams in the world, with a long history of success in the pool.<\/p>\n \u201carena will make every possible effort to contribute to its future success, through our technology, equipment and continuous support.<\/p>\n \u201cThis partnership is a significant announcement for arena globally, and will be a key pillar of our business development in Australia. 2017 is set to be a fantastic year for arena Down Under, as the partnership with Swimming Australia coincides with the appointment of a new business partner, Double Line Sports.<\/p>\n \u201cDouble Line will be our exclusive distributor in Australia, with the goal of becoming the market leader in the next 5 years,\u201d Mr Belogi said.<\/p>\n arena\u2019s endorsement of Swimming Australia comes off the back of a summer in which its Dolphins achieved strong results on both the Olympic and Paralympic stages in Rio.<\/p>\n Swimming Australia and arena look forward to achieving great things together on this next phase in our swimming journey.<\/p>\n Press release courtesy of Swimming Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Swimming Australia is thrilled to announce a new partnership with iconic swimwear brand arena, that will see them become the official swimwear supplier of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":237906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[6731,27257,26550,27550,31107,34441,6725],"class_list":["post-237905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-arena","tag-bronte-campbell","tag-cate-campbell","tag-emily-seebohm","tag-jessica-ashwood","tag-mitch-larkin","tag-swimming-australia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n