Paris 2026: Popovici and van Katwijk receive 2025 High Diving Athlete of the Year trophies
Romania’s Constantin Popovici and the Netherlands’ Ginni van Katwijk received their trophies during the high diving medal ceremony on 8 August at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 for being voted European Aquatics’ best men’s and women’s high divers of 2025. Popovici had sat among the frontrunners through the opening two rounds on Friday before […]
Paris 2026: Wellbrock and Fabian receive awards as best open water swimmers of 2025
Germany’s Florian Wellbrock and Hungary’s Bettina Fabian, who between them collected five medals across the open water swimming programme at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, received their awards on 7 August during the knockout sprint medal ceremony for being voted European Aquatics men’s and women’s open water swimmers of 2025. Wellbrock finished his Championships […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Constantin Popovici voted best men’s high diver
Romania’s Constantin Popovici has been crowned the men’s high diving winner at the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards, following a public vote that recognised his sustained excellence across one of the most demanding and highly competitive seasons in recent memory. Popovici topped the ballot with 35.06% of the vote, prevailing in a […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Ginni van Katwijk voted best women’s high diver
The Netherlands’ Ginni van Katwijk has been named the women’s high diving winner at the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards, topping the public vote following a season that saw her consistently rank amongst the world’s best across the three major high diving fixtures. Van Katwijk secured 34.75% of the total vote, emerging […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Oleksii Sereda voted best men’s diver
Ukraine’s Oleksii Sereda has been named best men’s diver in the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards after a season in which he earned his first individual world medal. The 19-year-old took silver in a dramatic 10m platform contest in Singapore that was won with a final flourish by Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau. Sereda, […]
