Paris 2026: Record-breaking social numbers for European Aquatics Championships
The European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 proved massively effective in terms of engaging with its followers. During the Championships, which ran from July 31 to August 16, a total of 95,218,228 views were recorded across European Aquatics-owned channels. The comparative figure for the last European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade two years ago was 27,000,000 – […]
Paris 2026: Latest European Aquatics Championships set new benchmark for success on all fronts
Paris 2026 was a major success for European Aquatics and a new benchmark for the organisation of our flagship Championships, which involved 1,268 athletes – including, for the first time, para swimmers – and 615 volunteers. Diving, artistic swimming and swimming took place in the Paris 2024 legacy venue of the Olympic Aquatic Centre, while open […]
Paris 2026: Popovici and van Katwijk receive 2025 High Diving Athlete of the Year trophies
Romania’s Constantin Popovici and the Netherlands’ Ginni van Katwijk received their trophies during the high diving medal ceremony on 8 August at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 for being voted European Aquatics’ best men’s and women’s high divers of 2025. Popovici had sat among the frontrunners through the opening two rounds on Friday before […]
Paris 2026: Chukanivska and Preda claim high diving titles as fans flock to the Seine in the heat
The high diving competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 reached its conclusion on Saturday, with Ukraine’s Nelli Chukanivska and Romania’s Catalin Preda taking the women’s and men’s 20m platform titles respectively, in front of hundreds of fans who lined the banks of the Seine in baking heat to watch the action unfold. Having […]
Paris 2026: high diving preview
15 men and 8 women are gearing up to take to the 20m platform on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim bridge in the French capital for the start of the high diving competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, which begin on 7 August and finish the following day. Romania’s Constantin Popovici arrives as one […]
Paris 2026: Olympic Aquatic Centre set for “another historic moment” with start of European Aquatics Championships
Two years after the Olympic Aquatic Centre hosted Paris 2024 competition the vice-president of the French Swimming Federation, Lazreg Benelhadj, is anticipating another “historic moment” when the European Aquatics Championships start at the same venue tomorrow. Speaking at a press conference within the Centre attended by world and Olympic medallists and leading officials including the […]
Paris 2026: Six European Aquatics Championships storylines to watch for in diving and high diving
Pellacani pushing for more gold Chiara Pellacani became the first person to win five diving medals at a single European Aquatics Championships, doing so on in her home city of Rome in 2022. That total of European medals has since grown to 19, including eight golds. And as she heads towards Paris 2026 in search […]
Heslop ends injury lay-off in style as Europeans impress at second stop of High Diving World Cup
Great Britain’s Aidan Heslop marked his return to winning ways at the second stop of the World Aquatics High Diving World Cup, topping the men’s 27m podium at Porto Flavia in Sardinia, Italy, for his first major title since a serious back injury sidelined him for the best part of a year. Heslop led the […]
European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026: second bulletin with competition updates now available
European Aquatics has published the second official information bulletin for the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, providing national federations and delegations with key operational details as preparations gather pace for the continental showcase in Paris this summer. The newly released bulletin contains updated information on the competition programmes for swimming, diving, artistic swimming, open water […]
Media accreditation is now open for European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026
European Aquatics is pleased to announce that media accreditation registrations for the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 will officially open today, 25 May. The accreditation process is dedicated to representatives of the media, including journalists, photographers, television crews, radio broadcasters and social media influencers wishing to cover the Championships. The European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 […]
