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.
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 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]
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]
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
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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]
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]
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
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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]