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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.
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]
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]
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]
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 [ 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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