Knowra Synchronised swimming Synchronised swimming Synchronised swimming is a team aquatic sport in which swimmers perform choreographed routines combining swimming, dance, and acrobatics, often to music.
Artistic swimming : An aquatic sport in which athletes perform choreographed routines involving swimming, dance, and acrobatics. The sport’s official name since 2017, reflecting a broader emphasis on its artistic and athletic elements.
Annette Kellerman : An Australian swimmer, performer, and writer who popularized women's swimming and aquatic performance in the early twentieth century. Her water performances helped establish public interest in choreographed swimming.
World Aquatics Championships : An international aquatic-sports championship organized by World Aquatics. Artistic swimming’s world titles are decided within this major multisport aquatic event.
Water ballet : A form of choreographed performance in water, often used as an earlier name for synchronized swimming. The name emphasizes the sport’s performance roots, before its modern athletic framing.
FINA Artistic Swimming World Cup : An international series of artistic swimming competitions organized by World Aquatics. Its events show how international routines are judged and ranked across a season.
Katherine Curtis : An American physical educator who developed organized synchronized swimming at the University of Chicago in the 1930s. Her club and performances helped shape the sport’s early competitive form.
Olympic duet : An artistic swimming event in which two athletes perform a synchronized routine. The duet format tests coordination without the larger team’s formations.
Water polo : A team sport in which players pass and shoot a ball while swimming to score goals. Unlike water polo, artistic swimming is judged on choreographed performance rather than goals.
Choreography : The design and arrangement of movement for a performance. Routine structure coordinates formations, transitions, musical accents, and difficulty.
Esther Williams : An American competitive swimmer and film star known for aquatic musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. Her films brought choreographed swimming to mass audiences.
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