Diving, open water swimming and water polo deliver drama across two venues as Masters Championships enter closing stages
The European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 continued in Samorin and Graz over the past three days, with the open water swimming programme beginning and the diving programme continuing at the respective locations with a series of quality performances and memorable moments. The springboard programme in Graz produced tight finishes throughout the second day as it […]
Swimming and artistic swimming bow out in style at Masters Championships as diving takes centre stage
The European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 moved into their final stages this week, with the swimming and artistic swimming programmes reaching their closing stages while masters diving got underway in Graz, Austria. At the X-Bionic Sphere in Samorín, the swimming programme continued to showcase the depth of masters swimming, with more championship and European records […]
Records continue to tumble on days 3 and 4 of European Aquatics Masters Championships as competition passes 5000 registrations
The European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 continued at pace in Samorín and Bratislava, with another two days of swimming producing a host of championship and European records, while artistic swimming delivered exciting duet technical, open team technical and solo free competition. The competition itself also passed 5000 registrations, with 4041 athletes, 309 coaches, and 639 […]
European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 gets underway in Bratislava and Samorin
Records, artistry and a truly international start to the European Aquatics Masters Championships The European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 has finished its second day, and already there have been several intriguing stories and countless magic moments from both Samorin and Bratislava across swimming and artistic swimming respectively, with action from more sports still to come. […]
Calm waters and lifelong memories as European Aquatics Masters Open Water Swimming Tour continues in Sukoro
Masters open water swimming brought its signature warmth of spirit to Hungary’s Lake Velence on Friday, as the second leg of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Masters Tour 2026 took place in Sukoro on the opening day of the European Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships weekend. Following the disrupted opener in Protaras, where […]
Sabina Vitaloni: “my love for swimming took me to the pool; friendship keeps me there”
Sabina Vitaloni competes for the Italian masters team Natatio Master Team, and she returned to the water in 2006 after nearly two decades away. Her standout achievement to date came at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, where she set world records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke in the 55-59 category. For Vitaloni, the […]
Carla Stampfli: a life in the water, and still finding new reasons to love it
Carla Stampfli is a Swiss swimmer who competes for Swim Regio Solothurn. She reached finals and semi-finals at World and European Championships, competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, and is now rediscovering competitive swimming through the masters circuit, on what she says is her own terms. She came to swimming late by elite standards, picking […]
Janne Virtanen: fifty years in the water, and still in it for the people
Janne Virtanen is a 62-year-old a Finnish swimmer who competes with Speedo Masters Finland and has been competing in masters swimming for 37 years. A holder of masters World and European records, he has won multiple gold medals including relay titles, and the European Aquatics Masters Championships this summer will be his 16th Europeans, having […]
Molly James: “Just try!” – a story of passion for masters swimming
Molly James swims for Trafford Metro, one of British masters swimming’s most decorated clubs, and leads a performance swim squad in Cheshire. A European medallist and four-time world medallist, she is also a British record holder. The European Aquatics Masters Championships in Slovakia this summer will be her second Europeans, and she heads there having […]
Selina Anna Flavia Biacchi: learning to enjoy the dive, not just the result as she heads for third EA Masters Championships
Selina Anna Flavia Biacchi, who will compete in this summer’s European Aquatics Masters Championships in Slovakia, did not come to diving through the elite pathway. She started in 2001, never competed at the top level as a young athlete, and found her way into masters competition almost by accident. What the Italian diver found there, […]
