Arena has signed a partnership deal with the Croatian Swimming Federation until the next Olympic Games, London 2012.

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This announcement comes two months after a similar agreement with the Polish Swimming Federation and brings the number of national teams officially linked to the brand up to fifteen (Russia, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Norway, South Africa, New Zealand, Romania, Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia and Croatia). With two hundred medals won in international competitions in the last twenty years, the Croatian team will become a key player in Arena’s network in Eastern Europe.

“We are really proud of this agreement – stated Alessandro Carpignano, General Manager for the Italian Market and International Business – which sets the ground for a successful partnership with a prestigious, competitive and very committed Federation that has demonstrated the ability to select and to develop world-wide talents. The quality of the job performed by the Federation is further demonstrated by the consistency in the results and the growing competitiveness of its swimmers, which allowed to qualify for the last Beijing Olympics the largest ever Croatian representation in its whole history: 15 athletes”.

“We will have the chance to exploit technical equipment of the highest quality and the utmost competitiveness, and we will be supported by a team of very competent and professional people who will enable our Federation to strengthen our pillars for the development of swimming in Croatia”, Goran Pavic, president of the Croatian Szimming Federation added.

By Jonathan Fulwell (Source: Matthieu Guinebault)