Mission
The Hall of Fame is dedicated to promoting the benefits of swimming as both an essential life skill and sport through the operation of the World Museum of Swimming and by immortalizing the achievements and contributions of those who have distinguished themselves in the following six branches of aquatic sports:
- competitive swimming,
- water polo,
- diving,
- open water swimming (a.k.a. marathon swimming),
- synchronized swimming and
- masters.
ISHOF inducts outstanding practitioners of these sports into the Hall of Fame as honorees in one of several categories:
- Swimmer
- Diver
- Water Polo
- Synchronized Swimmer
- Open Water/Marathon Swimmer
- Masters (adult) athlete
- Coach
- Contributor (to aquatics)
- Pioneer
Read more about this topic: International Swimming Hall Of Fame
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