German Swimming Federation

German Swimming Federation
LEN
	Association crest
Founded	1886
FINA affiliation	1908
LEN affiliation	xxxx
President	Christa Thiel

The German Swimming Federation (in German: Deutscher Schwimm-Verband), or DSV is the aquatics national federation for Germany. It oversees competition in the 5 aquatics disciplines (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming; and Masters competition in these).

It is affiliated to:

FINA, which oversees international swimming;
LEN, which oversees swimming in Europe;
the German Olympic Sports Confederation; and
the German Government's Secretary of State for Sport.

Among other responsibilities, DSV is charged with:

fielding German teams to international aquatics competitions (such as the Olympics),
maintaining the German Records for swimming,
organizing German Championships in aquatics.

DSV was created on 8 August 1886. It has its headquarters in Kassel.^[1]

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President: Christa Thiel

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v t e Sports governing bodies in Germany (GER)
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