European Aquatics well represented at Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming Symposium in Brazil
European Aquatics delegates contributed their expertise at the XVth International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming (BMS), held at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 7-11 September 2026, with European Aquatics Academy staff Daniel Marinho and Tiago Barbosa attending on behalf of the organisation. The symposium followed […]
European Aquatics unveils new branding as part of centenary celebrations
European Aquatics has begun its centenary celebrations, with new golden branding launched across the organisation’s website and social channels to mark 100 years of the organisation and the European Aquatics Championships. The milestone was formally announced by European Aquatics President Antonio Silva at a Gala Dinner held at the Pavillon Elysee on the Champs-Elysees in […]
European Aquatics reflects on successful 2025/26 water polo season and announces ambitious plans for the future
Club and National Federation representatives gathered once again during the Champions League Final Four tournaments in Malta for a special meeting on Friday morning, where European Aquatics leaders and staff members offered in-depth overviews of ongoing activities, recent milestones and ambitious plans for the future. At the start of the meeting, European Aquatics President Antonio […]
President Antonio Silva visits Ukraine to show European Aquatics’ support and solidarity
European Aquatics President Antonio Silva, accompanied by Vice President Erkan Yalcin, has visited Ukraine to demonstrate solidarity with the country’s athletes, coaches, officials and aquatic sports family. The visit included stops in Kyiv, Lviv and Odessa, which permitted a first-hand understanding of the daily realities facing Ukrainian sport during an exceptionally difficult period for the […]
European Aquatics President Antonio Silva on the organisation’s push to fully integrate para aquatics
European Aquatics has announced a significant expansion of para aquatic sports, with para swimming appearing at the European Championships for the first time at Paris 2026, new regulations for para artistic swimming, para open water and para water polo, and the full integration of para athletes and Special Olympics competitors into the 2026 Masters Championships. […]
European Aquatics and Malta strengthen strategic cooperation to advance inclusive water polo
European Aquatics has reinforced its commitment to inclusive development in aquatic sport following a strategic coordination meeting in Malta with the Aquatic Sports Association of Malta (ASA Malta) and Waterpolo Ability Malta (WAM). The meeting brought together Antonio Silva, President of European Aquatics, Karl Izzo, President of ASA Malta, representatives of the WAM Foundation: Tim […]
European Aquatics President contributes to SHARE 2.0 Steering Group roadmap meeting
European Aquatics President Antonio Silva has taken part in the first Steering Group roadmap creation meeting of the Sport and Society Community of Practice under the SHARE 2.0 initiative, reinforcing European Aquatics’ engagement with European-level cooperation on sport and society. The meeting brought together Steering Group members to exchange perspectives, align on priorities and help shape the Community […]
European Aquatics champions clean water and community at TrygFonden Copenhagen Swim 2025
The canals of Copenhagen provided the setting for the recent TrygFonden Copenhagen Swim 2025, where more than 5,500 swimmers took part in Denmark’s largest open water event, at one point passing Christiansborg Palace, the royal residence and seat of the Danish Parliament located on the island of Slotsholmen. Among the thousands of athletes and spectators […]
European Aquatics partners with EPAM to launch a new digital asset management system
European Aquatics is pleased to announce an expansion to its commercial partnership with EPAM, a global leader in digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services. European Aquatics has adopted EPAM’s modern digital asset management (DAM) platform, transforming the way media is handled across the organization and its affiliated national federations. This is a key milestone […]
Athens 2025: Young divers display talent beyond their years as Opening Ceremony lights up Junior Diving and Artistic Swimming Championships
A blockbuster second day of competition at the European Aquatics Junior Diving Championships 2025 saw a total of four new European junior titles awarded, with the Opening Ceremony for the diving and imminent artistic swimming competitions taking place on the same evening. The ceremony consisted of speeches from Kiriakos Giannopoulos, President of the Hellenic Swimming […]
