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: Marchand signs off with second gold as Kos, Quadarella and Meilutyte secure landmark wins
Leon Marchand earned an audacious victory in the men’s 400m freestyle before helping France secure bronze in the men’s 4x100m medley as the hugely successful European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 came to an end. Huge cheers of “Leon, Leon, Leon” rang out once again from the packed stands in the Olympic Aquatic Centre as the […]
Paris 2026: Marchand marches on into stacked 400m freestyle final as Quadarella closes on triple triple
Leon Marchand, seeking further success at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 after winning his first title in the previous night’s men’s 200m butterfly, qualified fourth fastest for what promises to be an epic 400m freestyle final in tonight’s closing swimming session. In what is for him a relatively new event, the 24-year-old quadruple Paris […]
Paris 2026: Marchand delivers gold and Liebmann crushes men’s 1500m world record on day six
Leon Marchand delivered the result that France has been expecting for two years to earn his first European title on a night when Germany’s 19-year-old Johannes Liebmann pulverised the men’s 1500m freestyle world record, becoming the first man under 14.30 with a time of 14.26.79. The 24-year-old French sporting icon, whose preparations for the European […]
Paris 2026: Kos in pursuit of triple win as para swimmers make EA Championships debut
Hubert Kos, seeking a third European men’s 200m individual medley title, eased through to tonight’s semi-finals in a day six morning session in which para swimmers made their debut within the European Aquatics Championships. World and Olympic champion Kos, who has already won the 200m backstroke title here, did enough to qualify eighth fastest in […]
Paris 2026: EA President Silva welcomes landmark para swimming inclusion and advocates further progress
As para swimmers from eight nations prepare to compete for the first time this weekend within the main programme of the European Aquatics Championships, EA President Antonio Silva has hailed the landmark inclusion – and sounded a rallying cry for further assistance in building on this vital start. Speaking to para swimmers taking part at […]
Paris 2026: French Paralympic legend Smetanine celebrates landmark inclusion of para swimming at European Aquatics Championships
French Paralympic swimming legend David Smetanine has been a prime force in helping to establish para swimming within the European Aquatics Championships – and he is now looking forward to that happening for the first time this weekend. “Promoting swimming in all its dimensions is very important,” Smetanine, a Paris 2026 Ambassador for the French […]
European Aquatics launches inaugural para aquatics workshop at Paris 2026
European Aquatics is delighted to announce the launch of its first-ever para aquatics workshop, a landmark initiative designed to bring the European aquatic community together in support of a stronger, more inclusive future for para swimming. The workshop marks the culmination of extensive groundwork undertaken since November 2025, when European Aquatics distributed a comprehensive questionnaire […]
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 […]
