About

An international finswimming network

FinSwim World brings together clubs, associations and young federations to promote and develop finswimming at every level, from first lessons to world championships.

Our vision

A world where everyone can swim like a dolphin

We see finswimming recognised as a major aquatic sport and open to everyone: in every country, in every pool, for people of every age, ability and background. Strong, self-sustaining clubs and federations make the sport grow wherever there is water.

Our mission

We bring finswimming to new people and new places, and help the organisations behind it become strong enough to last.

We share the knowledge of a lifetime in finswimming, as athlete, coach and sport leader, with athletes, coaches, clubs and federations worldwide. We:

  • teach the sport through open articles and tutorials, bootcamps, clinics and remote coaching;
  • open the water to people with disabilities and from vulnerable groups, at any age, with free inclusive programmes and an equipment library;
  • help clubs and federations become independent, through EU projects, fundraising and good management;
  • reinvest everything we earn into the sport and the people it serves.
Young finswimmer with a monofin in the pool

Team

Rubes Levada

Founder · Head coach · Sport project manager

Athlete

Former Italian national team finswimmer: silver medal at the 1998 World Championships (4×200 m relay) and at the 1997 and 1999 European Championships.

Coach

Coaching since 2001 (Record Team Bologna, Geronimo Zagreb, Zagreb Diving Federation, Komet & Novi Jelkovec). Master Coach certification (2012). Athletes include world champion Filip Strikinac (2022) and world silver medallist Kristijan Tomić (2016).

Sport leader

President of Finswimming Team Komet. Co-founded finswimming federations in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Romania, and has led more than 15 Erasmus+ projects, including Aurora and Mermaids for Inclusion.

Network & partners

Clubs and federations in our network

Partnerships with clubs, associations and institutions are at the heart of what we do. Want to join? Get in touch.

KometCroatia
Edu BridgeGeorgia
SharksSweden
APYArmenia
CSYOAzerbaijan
Tanzania Finswimming AssociationTanzania
Kenya Finswimming ConnectKenya
Kampala FinSwimming AssociationUganda
Partner clubRomania
Partner clubBangladesh

Become a partner

NGOs working on sport, swimming federations and organisations that want to introduce finswimming in their country: let's build projects together.