Information about Tyr Sports, Inc.
TYR Sports, Inc. is a manufacturer of competitive swimwear and goggles, founded in 1985 and based in California. Contrary to popular belief, its name is not an acronym. Rather, the company is named after the Tyr (pronounced tier) from Norse mythology. The company makes products for swimming, diving, water polo, and multi-sport.
TYR's brands of hi-technology fabric swimwear are the Aqua Shift, Aquapel, and Fusion 2 which it claims will reduce drag.
TYR Sports is a subsidiary of Swimwear Anywhere, the second-largest swimwear manufacturer in the United States. [1]. Its chief competitors for market share are Speedo, the largest swimwear manufacturer in the U.S., AgonSwim and Nike, the sporting goods manufacturer which has a swimwear line.
TYR's brands of hi-technology fabric swimwear are the Aqua Shift, Aquapel, and Fusion 2 which it claims will reduce drag.
TYR Sports is a subsidiary of Swimwear Anywhere, the second-largest swimwear manufacturer in the United States. [1]. Its chief competitors for market share are Speedo, the largest swimwear manufacturer in the U.S., AgonSwim and Nike, the sporting goods manufacturer which has a swimwear line.
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Competitive swimwear generally refers to the apparel, equipment and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, triathlon and water polo.
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Goggles and safety glasses are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the eye area in order to prevent particulates or chemicals from striking the eyes. They are used in chemistry laboratories and in woodworking.
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Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar).
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Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar).
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Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and IBM, that are formed using the initial letters of words or word parts in a phrase or name.
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Tyr (Old Norse: Tır[1], ) is the god of single combat and heroic glory in Norse mythology, portrayed as a one-handed man. In the late Icelandic Eddas, he is portrayed, alternately, as the son of Odin (Prose Edda) or of Hymir (Poetic Edda), while the origins of
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Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian peoples, including those who settled on Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled.
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Swimming is the movement used in water without artificial assistance.
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Drawings from the Stone Age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Sura, dating back to 2000 B.C. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book...... Click the link for more information.
Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics whilst jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games.
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Water polo is a team water sport that combines some elements of swimming and basketball. A team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most points, with each goal being worth one point.
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A multi-sport event is a competition in which athletes compete in a number of different sports.
The first modern multi-sport event organised were the Olympic Games, organised by the International Olympic Committee (est. 1894) for the first time in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
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The first modern multi-sport event organised were the Olympic Games, organised by the International Olympic Committee (est. 1894) for the first time in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
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Aquapel is a technical racing suit designed by Tyr It has a unique creation process which gives it a high-speed design, turbulence reduction and advanced compression biochemics. The suit fits snuggly and uniformly across all parts of the body.
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drag (sometimes called resistance) is the force that resists the movement of a solid object through a fluid (a liquid or gas). Drag is made up of friction forces, which act in a direction parallel to the object's surface (primarily along its sides, as friction forces at the
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Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company.
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Speedo boomerang logo]] Speedo is a swimsuit manufacturer that began on Bondi Beach near Sydney, Australia. Speedo is currently the world's largest selling swimwear brand and manufactures products for both recreational and competitive swimming.
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AgonSwim is a competitive swimwear manufacturer notable for its use of dye sublimation to make highly custom swimwear on a small scale for amateur and independent athletes. It was created in 2000 by a group of swimmers.
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Nike, Incorporated
Public (NYSE: NKE )
Founded 1972[1]
Headquarters Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Key people Phillip Knight, Co-Founder and Chairman
Bill Bowerman, Co-Founder (deceased 12/24/1999)
Mark Parker, CEO and president
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Public (NYSE: NKE )
Founded 1972[1]
Headquarters Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Key people Phillip Knight, Co-Founder and Chairman
Bill Bowerman, Co-Founder (deceased 12/24/1999)
Mark Parker, CEO and president
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