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SWIMMING
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DIVING
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HIGH DIVING
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WATER POLO
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ARTISTIC SWIMMING
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OPEN WATER SWIMMING
Men Nominees
David Popovici (Romania)
World champion in the 100m and 200m freestyle, European record holder in the 100m freestyle, and European U23 champion in both sprint freestyle events.
Hubert Kos (Hungary)
World 200m back champion, Olympic champion in the same event, European record holder, short course world record holder in the 100m and 200m backstroke, and overall Swimming World Cup winner.
Leon Marchand (France)
World 200m and 400m individual medley champion, world record holder in the 200m medley, and World Championships silver medallist in the men’s 4x100m medley,.
Lukas Maertens (Germany)
World 400m freestyle champion and world record holder as the first man to swim under 3:40.00.
Maxime Grousset (France)
World champion in the 50m and 100m butterfly, national and European record holder, and World Championships bronze medallist in the mixed 4×100m freestyle relay and medley silver.
Women Nominees
Anna Elendt (Germany)
World 100m breaststroke champion and national record holder with a time of 1:05.19.
Marrit Steenbergen (Netherlands)
World 100m freestyle champion and World Championships bronze medallist in the women’s 4×100m freestyle relay.
Roos Vanotterdijk (Belgium)
Triple European U23 champion with two additional silvers, and world silver and bronze medallist in the 100m and 50m butterfly.
Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania)
World 50m breaststroke champion, winning the title for the fourth consecutive time.
Simona Quadarella (Italy)
World 1500m freestyle silver medallist and European record holder with a time of 15:31.79.
Men Nominees
Andrzej Rzeszutek (Poland)
European champion on 3m springboard.
Jordan Houlden (Great Britain)
Fourth in 3m at the World Championships and World Cup gold medallist.
Matteo Santoro (Italy)
World champion and European silver medallist.
Moritz Wesemann (Germany)
Double European champion.
Oleksii Sereda (Ukraine)
World silver medallist and triple European champion.
Women Nominees
Chiara Pellacani (Italy)
Two individual World Championship bronzes and World Championship 3m synchro title alongside Matteo Santoro — Italy’s first world diving gold since 2015.
Lena Hentschel (Germany)
European champion in 3m Mixed Synchro and European silver medallist in 3m Synchro.
Michelle Heimberg (Switzerland)
European gold medallist on 3m and European bronze medallist on 1m.
Pauline Pfeif (Germany)
World silver medallist double European silver medallist, and European bronze medallist.
Sarah Jodoin Di Maria (Italy)
European champion in 10m platform and European silver medallist in Mixed Synchro 10m.
Men Nominees
Andrea Barnaba (Italy)
Joint sixth at the World Championships.
Carlos Gimeno (Spain)
Silver medallist at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore and third in the 2025 Red Bull Cliff Diving Series.
Catalin Preda (Romania)
Fifth at the World Championships.
Constantin Popovici (Romania)
Bronze medallist at the World Aquatics Championships and second in the 2025 Red Bull Cliff Diving Series.
Gary Hunt (France)
Sixth at the World Championships and winner of the 2025 Red Bull Cliff Diving Series.
Women Nominees
Elisa Cosetti (Italy)
Eighth at the World Championships.
Ginni van Katwijk (Netherlands)
Sixth at the 2025 World Championships.
Iris Schmidbauer (Germany)
15th at the World Championships.
Madeleine Bayon (France)
14th at the World Championships.
Morgane Herculano (Switzerland)
12th at the World Championships.
Men Nominees
Alvaro Granados (Spain)
World champion, MVP of the World Championships, World Cup winner, and Champions League bronze medallist.
Bernat Sanahuja (Spain)
Champions League bronze medallist and World Championships gold medallist; joint top scorer in the World Championships final; World Cup gold medallist.
Dusan Mandic (Serbia)
Fourth at the World Championships and Champions League winner.
Krisztian Manhercz (Hungary)
World silver medallist, World Cup bronze medallist, Champions League winner, and MVP of the Final Four.
Stylianos Argyropoulos (Greece)
World bronze medallist, World Cup silver medallist, and Champions League winner.
Women Nominees
Eleftheria Plevritou (Greece)
World champion and World Cup winner; team captain.
Foteini Tricha (Greece)
World champion, top scorer of the World Championships, World Cup winner, and Champions League bronze medallist.
Ioanna Stamatopoulou (Greece)
World champion and Best Goalkeeper of the World Championships
Nona Pérez (Spain)
Champions League champion with Sant Andreu and bronze medallist at the World Championships with Spain.
Rita Keszthelyi (Hungary)
World silver medallist, MVP of the World Championships, and Champions League silver medallist.
Men Nominees
Dennis González Boneu (Spain)
Gold, two silvers, and two bronzes at the World Championships; three golds and two bronzes at the European Aquatics Championships in Funchal.
Filippo Pelati (Italy)
Two World Championship bronzes; three silvers and one bronze at the European Aquatics Championships.
Gabriele Minak (Italy)
Three silvers and two bronzes at the European Aquatics Junior Championships.
Jordi Cáceres (Spain)
Gold medallist at the European Aquatics Championships.
Ranjuo Tomblin (Great Britain)
World bronze medallist; gold, silver, and two bronzes at the European Aquatics Championships; gold and silver at the European Aquatics Junior Championships.
Women Nominees
Enrica Piccoli (Italy)
World silver medallist; European silver medallist in Free Solo and European gold medallist in Free Duet.
Iris Tió Casas (Spain)
Three golds and three bronzes at the World Championships, contributing six of Spain’s nine total medals; three golds, two silvers, and a bronze at the European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships in Funchal.
Klara Bleyer (Germany)
Multiple gold medals at the 2025 World Cup; first-ever German athlete to win Solo gold at the European Aquatics Championships.
Lilou Lluis (Spain)
One gold and two bronzes at the World Championships; one gold, two silvers, and one bronze at the European Championships.
Lucrezia Ruggiero (Italy)
World silver and bronze medallist; European gold medallist in Free Duet and European bronze medallist in Mixed Duet.
Men Nominees
David Betlehem (Hungary)
Silver medallist in the 3km knockout sprint and bronze medallist in the team event at the World Aquatics Championships; earlier won European 5km silver and 3km knockout sprint bronze before helping Hungary to mixed team gold.
Florian Wellbrock (Germany)
Gold medallist in all three men’s individual events at the World Aquatics Open Water Championships in Singapore, and team event champion.
Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy)
Silver medallist in the 5km, 10km, and team event at the World Aquatics Championships, and European Aquatics champion in the 5km.
Kristof Rasovszky (Hungary)
Bronze medallist in the mixed team event at the World Aquatics Championships; earlier won European titles in the 3km knockout sprint and 10km, along with 5km bronze and mixed team gold.
Marc-Antoine Olivier (France)
Bronze medallist in the 3km knockout sprint and 5km at the World Aquatics Championships, after earning European bronze in the 10km.
Women Nominees
Bettina Fabian (Hungary)
Bronze medallist in the 3km knockout sprint (joint) and in the team event at the World Aquatics Championships; European champion in the 3km knockout sprint and in the team event.
Ginevra Taddeucci (Italy)
Silver medallist in the 3km knockout sprint, 5km, 10km, and team event at the World Aquatics Championships; European champion in the 10km and European team silver medallist; winner of the overall women’s title in the World Aquatics Open Water Cup series.
Klaudia Tarasiewicz (Poland)
Winner of three EA Open Water Swimming Cup legs and the final leg of the WA Open Water Swimming Cup.
Lisa Pou (Monaco)
Bronze medallist in the 10km at the World Aquatics Championships and winner of the overall women’s title in the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup series.
Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas (Hungary)
Bronze medallist in the team event at the World Aquatics Championships; European champion in the 10km and team event, and European silver medallist in the 5km.
