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USA Swimming

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USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States, founded in 1980 as a successor to the Amateur Athletic Union's swimming committee and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It selects US teams for the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships and organizes the US Olympic Team Trials in swimming, a program that has produced a long line of the sport's most decorated Olympians, including Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky.

Facts
Partially Attested
Founded
1981 1
Infobox lists founded 1981; entity description and Wikidata inception give 1980, so the exact founding year is inconsistent across sources.
Body Type
Sports governing body 1
Headquarters
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. 1
Connections

Administers

Source Wikipedia, USA Swimming

Associated With

Source Wikipedia, USA Swimming

Governs

Swimming, Sports
Source Wikipedia, USA Swimming
Sources
1. Wikipedia, USA Swimming
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata claim, instance of
    sports governing body
  • Infobox, founded
    1981
  • Infobox, headquarters
    Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
  • Associated With: World Aquatics, Rules section
    These rules are guided by the international governing body for aquatic sports (World Aquatics).
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