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3 unusual facts about 2007 World Aquatics Championships


2007 World Aquatics Championships

However, on 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland vacated these results imposing an 18-month competition ban on Mellouli, effective retroactively to 30 October 2006 for doping with amphetamine.

At the end of the competition, the medals table contained an entry for Tunisia, with one gold and one silver medal, both won by Oussama Mellouli.

The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (diving and water polo), St Kilda Beach (open water), and Rod Laver Arena in a temporary pool christened the Susie O'Neill Pool (synchro and swimming).


Alessandro Calvi

Alessandro Calvi (born February 1, 1983 in Voghera) is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who was a member of team that won the silver medal in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle relay at the 2007 World Championships.

Golda Marcus

She also swam for El Salvador at the 2003 and 2007 World Championships, and at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Susie O'Neill

On 10 March 2007, O'Neill was honoured by having the temporary swimming pool in the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne named after her for the duration of the 12th FINA World Championships, the site of the swimming events.


see also

Kyunggi High School

An 2006 Asian Games gold medalist (three) and 2007 World Aquatics Championships gold medalist Park Tae-Hwan graduated in February 2008 (Korean academic year starts in March and ends in February).

Wyndham College

Kenrick Monk – Swimming, 2008 Olympics, 2007 World Aquatics Championships, 2010 Commonwealth Games