Italy and Spain select largest teams as 21 nations converge for the European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships in Funchal

Spain has selected one of the largest teams for the European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships which start in Funchal on June 2. Credit: Antoine Saito/World Aquatics

The European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships 2025, taking place from June 2 to 5 in the Portuguese resort of Funchal, have attracted a total entry of 136 athletes – including 11 men – from 21 countries.

Italy is fielding the largest team having selected 16 athletes, with Spain, represented by 14 competitors, being the next largest, followed by five nations who have selected 12 artistic swimmer – Ukraine, Great Britain, France, Greece and Israel.

Austria’s entry of three comprises the Alexandri triplets – Anna-Maria and Eirini Marina, fourth in the Paris 2024 Olympics, will contest the duet technical event while Vasiliki, voted as best female artistic swimmer for 2024 in the European Aquatics Awards, will defend her solo free routine title.

Britain’s Ranjuo Tomblin, the 2024 men’s solo free gold medallist, will contest both this and the men’s solo technical event. The latter event will see a title defence by Spain’s Dennis Gonzalez, who is also doing the free event

Gonzalez will also be a part of his country’s challenge in the mixed team acrobatic and free routines as well as defending the mixed duet technical title with Mireia Hernandez.

Italy’s 18-year-old rising talent Filippo Pelati will contest the men’s solo free and technical events, and is also entered for the mixed duet free and technical routines in company wih Lucrezia Ruggiero.

The Portuguese hosts have selected a team of five.

The Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Pools Complex.

This historic edition marks the first stand-alone championships following their transformation from the European Cup. The event will take place in the venue’s competition pool, which has hosted countless nation.

Entry details can be found here:

https://europeanaquatics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Entry_List_2025_05_25_05_03.pdf

https://europeanaquatics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Entries_By_Country_2025_05_25_05_03.pdf

https://europeanaquatics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Athletes_Numbers_2025_05_25_05_03.pdf

Mike Rowbottom for European Aquatics