This website has been set up to financially support Cassandra Graikowski-Hainsworth, a very promising female athlete, with her career in finswimming. Find out about Cassandra below and if you are so inclined, help her with a donation! But first some information on the exciting sport of finswimming:
"Finswimming is defined as the progression with a monofin or with two fins either on the surface or underwater, by means of the swimmers' muscular force only and without use of any mechanism, not even muscle-powered. For underwater disciplines with breathing equipment, only compressed-air sub-aqua equipment is allowed." [Source: WikiFin]
"Anyone who was ever witness to a fin swimmer sprint 50 meters gets why fin swimming is dubbed the "Formula One" of swimming. The speed is undeniably impressive! But it's not only that. Just like in the Formula One of motor sports, where elegance of race cars fascinates both fans and spectators just as much as speed, the elegance of a fin swimmer using a monofin is unrivaled. Like a dolphin, he undulates through the water and it's easy to imagine him breach like the sea mammal. He carves out a wake behind him like no other swimmer. His whole body becomes one dynamic wave that slinks through the water like an orca. Beauty and speed, just like in Formula One." [Source: Ezine Articles]
Let's find out a bit about our favorite athlete too.
Cassandra Graikowski-Hainsworth (born on the 6th of May 1996) is a junior British finswimmer living and training in Tenerife/Spain.
On a national level Cassandra currently swims for C.N. Reales in Los Realejos/Tenerife. Living in Spain she participates in most major finswimming competitions in this country and has been at the top of the national ranking list in her two favourite disciplines (50m surface and 50m apnea) various times. In the past she used to swim for Club de Natacíon Océano in Puerto de la Cruz/Tenerife, for whom she competed in various national championships.
Internationally Cassandra competes for Great Britain, because of her English nationality. The club she is then registered with, is Five Oak Green Hoppers Sports Club in Kent/England. 2010 she represented Great Britain in the Junior World Championship 2010 in Palma de Mallorca/Spain. She was the youngest participating athlete at that championship and the first Great Britain had sent for several years. Please find more information about her records and other achievments at WikiFin and keep up to date on her plans for the future at her Facebook Fan-Page!
Cassandra's parents, family and friends do everything they can, to enable her to practice and excel in her chosen sport, but find it exceedingly difficult to raise the necessary funds. That is why we need your help. Please support Cassandra with a donation! No amount is too small or too big! We are grateful for anything you can afford! Find out How to Donate!
We are also open for sponsorships. If your business would like to utilise the promotional opportunities an exceptional athlete has to offer, please Contact us!
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