Paris 2026: Artistic swimming preview
The stage is set for a landmark European Aquatics Championships, as Paris prepares to welcome the continent’s best aquatic athletes for the 2026 edition, one that will mark the centenary of the competition. It will be the first time the European Championships have been held in France since Strasbourg hosted the event in 1987, while […]
Paris 2026: Five European Aquatics Championships storylines to watch out for in artistic swimming
Tio Casas targets more history Iris Tio Casas arrives in Paris as the undisputed headline act of the artistic swimming programme. The 23-year-old was the standout performer at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, contributing to all three of Spain’s gold medals there, and she capped the year by being named both AQUA and European […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Iris Tio Casas voted best women’s artistic swimmer
Spain’s Iris Tio Casas has been named the women’s artistic swimmer of the year at the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards after topping a competitive five-strong shortlist. Tio Casas secured 41.29% of the total vote, finishing well clear of Italy’s Enrica Piccoli, who took 22.48%, after a year that combined stand-out individual […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: women’s artistic swimming nominees
Italy’s Enrica Piccoli picked up the first international gold of her career at the European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships in Funchal as she combined with Lucrezia Ruggiero to win the women’s duet free routine. It was Italy’s first European duet title victory. The 26-year-old from Castelfranco Veneto added individual silver in the solo free routine. […]
European athletes make waves in second round of Artistic Swimming World Cup
European athletes led the way in both the medal table and the headlines as the picturesque coastline resort of Somabay in Egypt, staged a series of outstanding performances during the second leg of the 2025 World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup. And European athletes returned several podium finishes over the three-day competition, which ran from […]
