Luis Liberato Baptista

Luís Liberato Baptista

Luís Liberato Baptista is a Portuguese member of FINA and an open water swimming administrator who is a member of the 2017-2021 and 2021-2025 FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committees.

Administrative Career

• He served on the FINA Coaches Commission.
• He serves as the President of the Organising Committee for the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setubal, Portugal.
• He is the organizer of the Setubal Bay International Swim Marathon and the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup - Portugal.
• He works for the Câmara Municipal de Setúbal as the Director do Departamento de Cultura, Educação, Desporto, Juventude e Inclusão Social.
• He is a member of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee for the 2017-2021 term.
• He served as the Pontoon Supervisor and official in the women's and men's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Tokyo Bay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games held on 4-5 August 2021.

2021-2025 FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee Members

• Chairperson Sid Cassidy (USA)
• Vice Chairperson Ferry Weertman (Netherlands)
• Honorary Secretary John West (New Zealand)
• Committee Member Avelino Monteiro Avelino (Senegal)
• Committee Member Emilie Van Veenhuyzen (South Africa)
• Committee Member Jorge Delgado (Ecuador)
• Committee Member Tomás Haces (Cuba)
• Committee Member Abdul Al Alawi (Oman)
• Committee Member Ioki Ichikawa (Japan)
• Committee Member Petros Arestis (Cyprus)
• Committee Member Baret Avedikoglu (Turkey)
• Committee Member Szabolcs Fodor (Hungary)
• Committee Member Luis Liberato (Portugal)
• Committee Member Britta Kamrau (Germany)
• Committee Member Bill Ford (Australia)
• Events Sub-committee Member Nikolay Zagritsenko (Kazakhstan)
• Events Sub-committee Member Tanya Bogomilova (Bulgaria)
• Events Sub-committee Member Andrea Prayer (Italy)
• Events Sub-committee Member Juan Carlos Tenorio (Venezuela)
• Events Sub-committee Member Edward Cheng (Hong Kong)
• Events Sub-committee Member Ziyad Kashmiri (Saudi Arabia)
• Paris 2024 Olympic Games liaison Bénédicte Compois (France)
• FINA Bureau Liaison Zouheir El Moufti (Morocco)

2017-2021 FINA TOWSC Members

Ronnie Wong, Chairman
Sid Cassidy, Vice Chairman
Sam Greetham, Honorary Secretary
Britta Kamrau, Athlete Representative
Abdul Monem Khamis Al Alawi, Member
Abdulla Al Zahmi, Member
Luís Baptista, Member
Jorge Delgado, Member
Bill Ford, Member
Avelino Monteiro, Member
Jean-Paul Narce, Member
Andrea Prayer, Member
Fernando Terrilli, Member
Samuel Ufitimana, Member
John West, Member
Tanya Bogomilova, Events Sub-Committee
Soh Yew Siang Soh, Events Sub-Committee
Morgan Toro Martinez, Events Sub-Committee
Noam Zwi, Events Sub-Committee
Zouheir El Moufti, Bureau Liaison

External links

• Officials Leading The Way To The 2024 Paris Olympics Marathon Swim
• Say It Ain’t So, Ronnie Wong. Thank You Very Much
• Officiating At The Tokyo Olympics – The Men’s 10K Marathon Swim
• Officiating At The Tokyo Olympics – The Women’s 10K Marathon Swim
• Olympic Swimmers Will Get Up A Little Earlier In The Heat
• Olympic Swimmers Will Get Up A Little Earlier In The Heat
• Portuguese Swimming Federation website
• LinkedIn bio
• Sid Cassidy Volunteers For Decades In The Open Water
• FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier
• Marathon Swimming
• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
• FINA
• Open Water Swimming
• How Cold Can It Go? FINA Races In Cold Water
• Should Ice Swimming Be In The Olympics? Yes!
• If Ice Swimming Were In The Olympics, What Are The Rules?
• Colin's Conundrum If Ice Swims Were In The Olympics
• FINA Officials Behind The Scenes: John West, José Veloso
• Eliminating The Secrecy At FINA
• Sid Cassidy Is A Paragon Of Open Water Success
• Teodolo Tomás Haces Germán, Dedicated Official
• Chris Guesdon To Speak Of Future In Scotland
• PRSI Expresses Its Gratitude For Its Hall Of Fame Honour
• Open Water Swimming Epicenter Shifts To Egypt
• Egypt And UAE Boycotting FINA World Championships
• No Wetsuits Now, But Expect Wetsuits In The Future Olympics
• Swimmers Deserve Much, Much Better In The Open Water
• The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swims - Part 1
• Rules Rule From Start To Finish
• Seeing Red In The Open Water. What Is A Red Card?
• Retaliation And Aggression In Open Water Competitions
• Swimmers Deserve Much, Much Better In The Open Water
• The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swims - Part 1
• Rules Rule From Start To Finish
• Seeing Red In The Open Water. What Is A Red Card?
• Retaliation And Aggression In Open Water Competitions
• What Is Impeding In Open Water Swimming?
• Open Water Swimming Moves and Tactics
• Offensive and Defensive Moves in Open Water Swimming
• Explanation Of The Rules Of Open Water Swimming
• What Is The Correct Call In The Open Water?
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• Seeing Red In The Open Water. What Is A Red Card?
• Body Parts Wash Ashore on Copacabana Beach
• FINA Should Listen To Jack Burnell And His Competitors
• He Said, He Said. Different Views Of Olympic 10K Marathon
• This Brazilian Olympic Bronze Is Gold