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 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.
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.
Results Top ten competitors Place Name Country1 David Barrio Spain2 Stefano Proakis Italy3 Michele Davino Italy4 Daniel G Pérez Hernández Cuba5 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal6 Esteban Torre Spain7 Vidar Skalevik Norway8 Marco Heesbeen Netherlands9 Joao Paulo Cauduro Filho Brazil10 Julien Carpels France
Top ten fish Place Name Country1 Michele Davino Italy2 David Barrio Spain3 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal4 Dalibor Andres Croatia5 Julien Carpels France6 Esteban Torre Spain7 Erik Larsson Denmark8 Ludwing Migl Germany9 Oskar Mark Music Slovenia10 Daniel G Pérez Hernández Cuba
Top ten close-up with a theme Place Name Country1 David Barrio Spain2 Stefano Proakis Italy3 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal4 Julien Carpels France5 Joao Paulo Cauduro Filho Brazil6 Sandon Stephane France7 Ludwing Migl Germany8 Esteban Torre Spain9 Vidar Skalevik Norway10 Henny Blookvort Netherlands
Top ten close-up Place Name Country1 Daniel G Pérez Hernández Cuba2 Michele Davino Italy3 Oskar Mark Music Slovenia4 Vidar Skalevik Norway5 Tobias Dahlin Sweden6 Oscar Rulli Argentina7 Esteban Torre Spain8 Cem Gazivekili Turkey9 David Barrio Spain10 Sandon Stephane France
Top ten wide angle Place Name Country1 David Barrio Spain2 Marco Heesbeen Netherlands3 Stefano Proakis Italy4 Vidar Skalevik Norway5Oh Yong Sung South Korea6 Henny Blookvort Netherland7 Ludwing Migl Germany8 Sandon Stephane France9 Danijel Frka Croatia10 Luis Pérez Suárez Argentina
Top ten wide angle with diver Place Name Country1 Stefano Proakis Italy2 Esteban Torre Spain3 Joao Paulo Cauduro Filho Brazil4 Sang Hanck Choi South Korea5 Vidar Skalevik Norway6 Danijel Frka Croatia7 Manuel José Pererira de Silva Portugal8 Julien Carpels France9 David Barrio Spain10 Sandon Stephane France
References
External links 14th CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship Cuba - video by Corne Bolders