Finswimming Xperience Kenya
Three days of pool sessions and poolside briefings to present bi-fins, the monofin and the centre snorkel to Kenyan swimmers and coaches, led by Rubes Levada with Kenya Finswimming Connect.
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Finswimming Kenya
Finswimming Kenya is coming back. Kenya Finswimming Connect and FinSwim.World are relaunching the fastest water sport in Nairobi, with a training group, coach education and new international projects for 2026–2027.
2021Founded in Nairobi
Moi International Sports ComplexBase
Kenya Lifesaving FederationMoU partner (CMAS member)
Finswimming Team KometPartner club, Zagreb
Who we are
Kenya Finswimming Connect
Kenya Finswimming Connect Ltd (KFC) was founded in Nairobi in 2021 as a spin-off of the cooperation with Finswimming Team Komet (Zagreb, Croatia). Its base is the Moi International Sports Complex, Kasarani.
KFC has a memorandum of understanding with the Kenya Lifesaving Federation, a member of CMAS, to introduce and develop finswimming in Kenya: bi-fins, the monofin and the centre snorkel, for swimmers, lifeguards, schools and clubs.
CEO and Programmes Director: Winestone Shivachi.
Contact: [email protected]
History
Where it started
East Africa International Sports Summit (EAISSU)
A forum for sport managers, coaches and teachers from East Africa, themed “A new dawn in sports: let’s welcome finswimming”, supported by Komet together with the Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian finswimming associations.
Talks and conferences →Kenyan athletes and coaches also took part in the first East Africa finswimming bootcamp in Dar es Salaam in August 2021.
2026–2027
Finswimming Kenya is coming back
The relaunch plan, built with Finswimming Team Komet and FinSwim.World:
- A regular training group in Nairobi, open to swimmers who want to try fins and the monofin
- Coach education: courses for Kenyan swim coaches and lifeguards, in person and online
- Equipment: bi-fins, monofins and centre snorkels for the training group
- A second bootcamp in Kenya with Komet and FinSwim.World coaches
- Erasmus+ Sport partnerships, with Kenya as a partner country alongside European clubs
In partnership with Exalt Impact Network (exaltimpactnetwork.org), Nairobi.
Join Finswimming Kenya
Clubs, schools, swimmers and partners in Kenya: get in touch to train with us, host a session or build a project together.