Centro de Actividades Acuáticas de Alto Nivel (CAAAN) is a high performance training center for aquatic activities located in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

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CAAAN is the major center for the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social with the Unidad Cuauhtemoc, who provide most of the
Olympic, Panamerican and Centroamerican medalists for swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

, water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 and synchronized swimming

Synchronized swimming

Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....

. Many Olympic, Panamerican and Centroamerican divers train at CAAAN, including Porfirio Becerril, Carlos Girón

Carlos Girón

Carlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez is a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal....

, Jorge Mondragon

Jorge Mondragón

Jorge Mondragón Vázquez is a retired diver from Mexico. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1980. Mondragón won two bronze medals at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba....

, Juan Colin, Daniel Trejo, Eduardo Vaca, Eduardo Rueda, Francisco Rueda

Francisco Rueda

Francisco "Paco" Rueda is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Atlanta Silverbacks in the North American Soccer League.-Career:...

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