Diving
Competitive diving, which developed from gymnastics, started in Sweden and Germany in the 18th century.
Title:
Water sports Federation of Turkmenistan
E-mail:
tkmaquatics@gmail.com
President:
Guvanch Ataniyazov
GYMNASTICS BEGINNINGS
Diving became popular in Sweden and Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sport was primarily practised by gymnasts who started performing tumbling routines into the water.
POPULARITY SPREADS
In the late 19th century a group of Swedish divers visited Great Britain. They put on diving displays that proved hugely popular and led to the formation of the first diving organisation, the Amateur Diving Association, in 1901.
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- Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics.
- Competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasts and dancers, including strength, flexibility, kinaesthetic judgment and air awareness.
- Although diving has been a popular pastime across the world since ancient times, the first modern diving competitions were held in England in the 1880s.