2013 photography competition held in Cuba
14th CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship Venue Cayo Largo Location Cuba Start date April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09 ) End date April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14 ) Competitors 78 from 18 nations
The 14th CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship was held from April 9 – 14, 2013 in Cuba at Cayo Largo . David Barrio of Spain was announced as the CMAS World Champion in underwater photography for 2013 and received the gold medal while runners-up Stefano Proakis and Michele Davino both representing Italy respectively received the silver and bronze medals.
Organisation [ edit ] The Federacion Cubana de Actividades Subacuaticuas (English: Cuban Federation of Underwater Activities ) (FCAS) hosted the championship on behalf of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) with assistance from the Ministry of Tourism of Cuba (MINTUR). The following countries sent teams with a total of 78 competitors to compete - Argentina , Belgium , Brazil , Cuba , Croatia , Denmark , France , Germany , Italy, Mexico , Norway , Portugal , Spain, Slovenia , South Korea , Sweden , the Netherlands and Turkey .[1] [2]
The following photographic categories were used for this championship: fish , close-up with a theme, close-up (without a theme), wide angle (without diver ) and wide angle with diver.[3]
Results [ edit ] Top ten competitors [ edit ] Place Name Country 1 David Barrio Spain 2 Stefano Proakis Italy 3 Michele Davino Italy 4 Daniel G Pérez Hernández Cuba 5 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal 6 Esteban Torre Spain 7 Vidar Skalevik Norway 8 Marco Heesbeen Netherlands 9 Joao Paulo Cauduro Filho Brazil 10 Julien Carpels France[4] [5] [6] [7]
Top ten fish [ edit ] Place Name Country 1 Michele Davino Italy 2 David Barrio Spain 3 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal 4 Dalibor Andres Croatia 5 Julien Carpels France 6 Esteban Torre Spain 7 Erik Larsson Denmark 8 Ludwing Migl Germany 9 Oskar Mark Music Slovenia 10 Daniel G Pérez Hernández Cuba[8]
Top ten close-up with a theme [ edit ] Place Name Country 1 David Barrio Spain 2 Stefano Proakis Italy 3 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal 4 Julien Carpels France 5 Joao Paulo Cauduro Filho Brazil 6 Sandon Stephane France 7 Ludwing Migl Germany 8 Esteban Torre Spain 9 Vidar Skalevik Norway 10 Henny Blookvort Netherlands[9]
Top ten close-up [ edit ] Place Name Country 1 Daniel G Pérez Hernández Cuba 2 Michele Davino Italy 3 Oskar Mark Music Slovenia 4 Vidar Skalevik Norway 5 Tobias Dahlin Sweden 6 Oscar Rulli Argentina 7 Esteban Torre Spain 8 Cem Gazivekili Turkey 9 David Barrio Spain 10 Sandon Stephane France[10]
Top ten wide angle [ edit ] Place Name Country 1 David Barrio Spain 2 Marco Heesbeen Netherlands 3 Stefano Proakis Italy 4 Vidar Skalevik Norway 5 Oh Yong Sung South Korea 6 Henny Blookvort Netherland 7 Ludwing Migl Germany 8 Sandon Stephane France 9 Danijel Frka Croatia 10 Luis Pérez Suárez Argentina[11]
Top ten wide angle with diver [ edit ] Place Name Country 1 Stefano Proakis Italy 2 Esteban Torre Spain 3 Joao Paulo Cauduro Filho Brazil 4 Sang Hanck Choi South Korea 5 Vidar Skalevik Norway 6 Danijel Frka Croatia 7 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal 8 Julien Carpels France 9 David Barrio Spain 10 Sandon Stephane France[12]
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