PanAm Aquatics

PanAm Aquatics
Sport	Aquatic Sports
Membership	52 federations
Founded	1927; 97 years ago
Affiliation	World Aquatics
Official website
	panamaquatics.com

PanAm Aquatics or PAQ, (formerly Spanish: Unión Americana de Natación, English: Swimming Union of the Americas, popularly known by its acronym UANA or ASUA)^[1] is the swimming continental association for the Americas (i.e. it oversees international aquatics competition within North and South America).^[2]

ASUA was founded during the 1948 Olympics in London, UK.

Organization

ASUA is divided into 4 Zones, each with its own body which organizes competitions.^[3] The bodies that oversees these Zones, are:

Zone 1: CONSANAT—the South American Swimming Confederation (Confederación Sudamericana de Natación).
Zone 2: CCCAN—the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Confederation (Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Natación).
Zone 3: United States Aquatic Sports (USAS)
Zone 4: Aquatic Federation of Canada

Member countries (with FINA abbreviations), by zone:

Zone

Confederation

Countries

1

CONSANAT
(12)

Argentina (ARG)

Bolivia (BOL)

Brazil (BRA)

Colombia (COL)

Chile (CHI)

Ecuador (ECU)

Guyana (GUY)

Paraguay (PAR)

Peru (PER)

Suriname (SUR)

Uruguay (URU)

Venezuela (VEN)

2

CCCAN
(29)

Anguilla (AGU)

Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)

Aruba (ARU)

Bahamas (BAH)

Barbados (BAR)

Bermuda (BER)

British Virgin Islands (IVB)

Cayman Islands (CAY)

Costa Rica (CRC)

Cuba (CUB)

Curaçao (CUR)

Dominica (DMA)

Dominican Republic (DOM)

El Salvador (ESA)

Grenada (GRN)

Guatemala (GUA)

Haiti (HAI)

Honduras (HON)

Jamaica (JAM)

Mexico (MEX)

Nicaragua (NCA)

Panama (PAN)

Puerto Rico (PUR)

Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)

Saint Lucia (LCA)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)

Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)

Turks and Caicos Islands (TCN)

Virgin Islands (ISV)

3

USAS (1)

USA (USA)

4

AFC (1)

Canada (CAN)

Note: Belize (BZE) is also a member of ASUA; however, as of June 2016 it is not (yet) listed as a CCCAN member,^[4] the regional confederation they geographically belong to.

Competitions

Artistic Swimming: Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships
Swimming: UANA Swimming Cup
Water Polo: UANA Water Polo Cup

References

^ SwimSwam (2022-06-17). "PanAm Aquatics Hosting Extraordinary Congress On Rebranding Vote". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
^ About page from the ASUA website (uana-aquatics.org); retrieved 2014-06-19.
^ Governance page of the ASUA website; retrieved 2016-06-16.
^ CCCAN member page from the CCCAN website; retrieved 2016-06-16.

[1] SwimSwam (2022-06-17). "PanAm Aquatics Hosting Extraordinary Congress On Rebranding Vote". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-07-13.

[2] About page from the ASUA website (uana-aquatics.org); retrieved 2014-06-19.

[3] Governance page of the ASUA website; retrieved 2016-06-16.

[4] CCCAN member page from the CCCAN website; retrieved 2016-06-16.

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v t e World Aquatics
Disciplines	Swimming Diving High diving Open water swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo
Presidents	George Hearn (1908–1924) Erik Bergvall (1924–1928) Émile-Georges Drigny (1928–1932) Walther Binner (1932–1936) Harold Fern (1936–1948 ) Rene de Raeve (1948–1952) M.L. Negri (1952–1956) Jan de Vries (1956–1960) Max Ritter (1960–1964) William Berge Phillips (1964–1968) Javier Ostos Mora (1968–1972) Harold Henning (1972–1976) Javier Ostos Mora (1976–1980, 2nd term) Ante Lambaša (1980–1984) Robert Helmick (1984–1988) Mustapha Larfaoui (1988–2009) Julio Maglione (2009–2021) Husain Al-Musallam (2021–present)
Continental associations	Africa Aquatics Asia Aquatics European Aquatics Oceania Aquatics PanAm Aquatics
Competitions	World Aquatics Championships World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
Awards	World Aquatics Athletes of the Year
Affiliations	Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
Miscellaneous	World Aquatics Day

v t e International swimming
Olympic Games Youth World Championships Open Water Short Course Junior Masters Para INAS World Cup World Series Paralympic Games Geography Achievements by nation
Africa	CANA – African Championships African Games African Junior Championships
Americas	UANA (AFC CCCAN CONSANAT USAS) – Caribbean Islands Championships Central American & Caribbean Championships South American Championships Pan American Games
Asia	AASF – Asian Championships Asian Games
Europe	LEN – European Championships European Short Course Championships European Junior Championships European U-23 Championships European Games European Para Championships
Oceania	OSA – Oceania Championships Pacific Games
International	Arab Championships Arab Games Commonwealth Games International Swimming League Mediterranean Games Pan Pacific Championships Universiade
World Aquatics

v t e International water polo
Geography World Rankings World medalists Achievements by nation
World	World Aquatics – Summer Olympics World Championship U20 U18 U16 World Cup men women ~~World League~~ (defunct) ~~Challengers' Cup~~ (defunct)
Africa	CANA – African Championship
Americas	UANA – Pan American Games Pan American Water Polo Championships Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games Bolivarian Games
Asia	AASF – Asian Games Asian Championship Asian Cup Asian Swimming Championships Asian Beach Games SEA Games Asian Clubs Championships
Europe	LEN – European Championship U19 U17 U15 Men's club Champions League Euro Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup Women's club Champions League Euro Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup
Oceania	OSA – Oceanian Championship
Others	Commonwealth Championships Deaflympics Friendship Games Islamic Solidarity Games Mediterranean Games Summer Universiade World Games
Athletes (teams) of the Year International Hall of Fame List of players Coaches Officials

Organization

Competitions

See also

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