Confederación Sudamericana de Natación

Confederación Sudamericana de Natación (CONSANAT) is the name of the South American Swimming Confederation, which oversees international aquatics competitions among South American countries. It is affiliated to FINA, the international federation for swimming, via ASUA, the swimming continental association for the Americas.

CONSANAT formed on March 16, 1929 in Santiago, Chile. Its office is currently located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

CONSANAT organizes South American aquatics championships in diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo. It also maintains the South American Records and South American Junior Records.

Member National Federations

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Colombia
•  Chile
•  Ecuador
•  Guyana
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Suriname
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Note: As French Guiana is an overseas department of France, it is not a CONSANAT member. Rather, it is a department of the French Swimming Federation, la Fédération Française de Natation (FFN).

Competitions

CONSANAT organizes several South American aquatics championships, including:

• the South American Swimming Championships (held annually; all 5 disciplines) -- in the even years between Summer Olympics, these are the aquatics competitions at the South American Games
• the South American Masters Swimming Championships (held in even years)
• the South American Masters Open Water Championships (in even years)
• the South American Junior Swimming Championships (in odd years)

Recent competitions include:

• the South American Junior Aquatics Championships 2009, March 22-April 6 in Mar del Plata and Santa Fe (open water), Argentina.
• the 2008 South American Championships, March 9-16 in São Paulo, Brazil.
• the 2007 South American Masters Swimming & Open Water Championship, October 30-November 4 in Guatamare and Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.

External links

• CONSANAT (Spanish)
• 2009 South Americans Juniors (Spanish)