FŐ SZOLGÁLTATÁSUNK TAPASZTALT, LELKIISMERETES ÉS HOZZÁÉRTŐ SZEMÉLYZET BIZTOSÍTÁSA A RENDEZVÉNYIPAR SZÁMÁRA
FINA SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
VENUE: BUDAPEST
DATE: 14 – 30. 07. 2017.
The International Swimming Federation (official French name: Fédération internationale de natation, in abbreviation: FINA) is the sports federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded in London in 1908 by Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Great Britain, Germany and Sweden to unify the rules of swimming and provide an international forum for the organisation of competitions. Its headquarters are in Lausanne (Switzerland). It currently has 207 national federations as members.
FINA's mission is:
- to establish uniform rules for swimming events organised in pools or open water, as well as for diving, high diving, synchronised swimming and water polo;
- to organise and promote the Olympic Games and other international competitions;
- to ensure the control, registration and up-to-date traceability of newly set records;
- to promote the promotion and development of water sports all over the world;
- to facilitate the development of and investment in facilities related to aquatic sports;
- to undertake all activities being desirable for the promotion of sport.
Competitions organised by FINA:
- Swimming: free-style, back-stroke, breast-stroke, butterfly, medley relays, relays
- Diving: 1 m and 3 m diving, 10 m high jump, 3 m and 10 m synchronised diving, mixed and team events
- Giant steeplechase: men (27 m), women (20 m)
- Water polo: men and women
- Synchronised swimming: individual, doubles, mixed doubles, team and free combination
- Open water swimming: 5 km, 10 km, 25 km, team events
World Championships in Hungary
INTERESTING FACTS
The "history" of the name of mascot.
For the first time, Bp2017 Nonprofit Ltd. launched an open competition to design the
mascots for the World Championships. Applicants had to take into account several
criteria, such as "meet the communication strategy, image, merchandising objectives,
international expectations, sports presentations, feasibility and producibility, as well
as "a Hungarian and water-related, easily identifiable, popular animal or plant species
shall be the basis of the concept". These figures depict two water lilies (white fairy
roses), a plant species known worldwide and native to Hungary. The two mascots are
named Water Lilly and Water Willy. Within a few hours, the organising committee
received a lot of criticism for the latter name, as some people pointed out that the
name "Willy" often means "prick" in English slang, and that a Google search for
Water Willy on the Internet revealed a sex toy. Finally, Bp2017 Nonprofit Ltd
announced that it had changed the names of the mascots to Water Lili and Water
Lali.
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