As a flagship discipline of the Summer Olympics, water sports are well represented in Paris and more broadly throughout the Île-de-France region. From diving to water polo to artistic (or synchronized) swimming, it is possible to train for these sports in the most iconic Parisian swimming pools, mostly under supervision.
These three sports— synchronized swimming, diving, and water polo —are supervised and represented by the French Swimming Federation (FFN), which encompasses all disciplines, including speed swimming.
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A team sport combining swimming and ball games, water polo is a demanding discipline that can be practiced from the age of 5. During a match, two teams of seven players each compete in four periods of eight minutes each.
Clubs where you can play water polo in Paris and the Île-de-France region:
Also known as synchronized swimming, artistic swimming is a choreographed routine performed by a pair or a team of eight swimmers (male or female, although the sport is predominantly female). The athletes must be perfectly synchronized and perform a series of lifts and choreographed movements underwater. Synchronized swimming can be practiced by children as young as 6 or 7, depending on the club.
Clubs where you can practice synchronized swimming in Paris and Île-de-France:
Diving consists of a series of acrobatic figures (somersaults and other flips) performed by jumping from a springboard fixed at a height of three meters or from a high diving platform fixed at a height of ten meters. The jumps are then evaluated according to the beauty of the movements, their complexity, or, in the case of duet events, the synchronization of the two divers.
Clubs where you can practice diving in Paris and the Île-de-France region:
Paris 2024 Olympics: events, history... water sports at the Olympics
