Turkish Swimming Federation
Sport | Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and open water swimming |
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Abbreviation | (TYF) |
Founded | 1957 |
Affiliation | International Swimming Federation (FINA) |
Location | Ankara, Turkey |
President | Erkan Yalçın |
Official website | |
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The Turkish Swimming Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Yüzme Federasyonu, TYF) is the governing body of the five aquatic sports, namely swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming in Turkey. It was founded in 1957. The Turkish organization is member of the European Swimming League (LEN), the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and Turkish Olympic Committee.[1] The TYF is based in Ankara and its current chairman is Associate Erkan Yalçın.[2]
The Turkish Swimming Federation organizes aquatic sports competitions at national, European and World level in all categories for men and women of recognized age classes.[3][4]
International events hosted
- 1999 European Aquatics Championships - 26 July-1 August, Istanbul
- 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships - 10–13 December, Istanbul
- Swimming at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival - 25–29 July, Trabzon
- 2012 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships - 13–15 July, İzmit
- 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) - 12–16 December, Istanbul
See also
References
External links
- Official website
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Olympic sports
- Aquatics
- Diving
- Swimming
- Syncro
- Water Polo
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Judo-Kurash
- Modern pentathlon
- Rowing
- Rugby union
- Sailing
- Shooting and Hunting
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball/Beach volleyball
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
Olympic sports
- Bobsleigh-Luge
- Curling
- Ice hockey
- Ice skating
- Skiing
- Air sports
- Auto racing
- Baseball/softball
- Bocce-Bowling-Dart
- Bodybuilding, Fitness and Armwrestling
- Bridge
- Chess
- Cricket[a]
- Cue sports
- Dancesport
- Folk dances
- Gridiron football
- Karate
- Kick Boxing
- Korfball
- Motorcycle racing
- Mountaineering
- Muay Thai
- Orienteering
- Rugby league[a]
- Scouting and Guiding
- Traditional sport branches
- Underwater sports
- University sports
- Wushu
and
Disabled sports
- Blind sports
- Deaf sports
- Disabled sports
- Sport for Athletes with Intellectual Disability
[a] = Not an MYS-sanctioned official governing body
- Turkish National Olympic Committee
- Turkish National Paralympic Committee
- Ministry of Youth and Sports
- Turkish Council of Fair Play
- Turkey Anti-Doping Agency
- Turkey Special Olympics
- Turkish Disabled Sports Foundation