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 […]
Paris 2026: Italy crowned best team as Germany sign off open water programme with mixed relay gold
The four-day open water swimming programme at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 came to a close on the River Seine on Saturday, with Italy claiming the overall team trophy for the most successful nation across the Championships, while Germany brought the curtain down on the individual and relay action by winning the 4x1500m mixed […]
Paris 2026: Wellbrock and Taddeucci complete the double with 5km open water swimming gold
Florian Wellbrock and Ginevra Taddeucci followed up their 10km victories with further gold in the 5km events on day two of open water competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, though both had to work hard for it, with Wellbrock seeing off a resurgent David Betlehem, while Taddeucci had to come from behind after […]
Paris 2026: Wellbrock and Taddeucci take 10km titles as open water swimming programme begins with a bang
Florian Wellbrock and Ginevra Taddeucci were crowned European 10km open water swimming champions on a dramatic opening day of competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, as they both came through gripping late battles in the River Seine to take gold. Wellbrock survived a determined late assault from Hungary’s David Betlehem to win the […]
Paris 2026: Five European Aquatics Championships storylines to watch for in open water swimming
Hungary for success With Hungary’s junior open water swimmers fresh off the back of a series of dominant performances at a home European Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships last week, their senior counterparts have just as good a chance to do exactly the same in Paris. Kristof Rasovszky took three European titles at last […]
Germany and Ireland name teams for European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026
The Germany Swimming Federation (DSV) has named a 40-strong team for the pool at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026., four of whom will also take part in open water swimming.. The selection includes Olympic and world men’s 400m freestyle champion Lukas Martens, world women’s 100m breaststroke champion Anna Elendt and 2024 world women’s 100m […]
Wellbrock maintains gold standard as Europeans gleam in opening WA Open Water Swimming World Cup at Somabay
Florian Wellbrock maintained his tip-top status at the opening World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup of the season at Somabay in Egypt. The 28-year-old German, who left last year’s World Aquatics Championships in Singapore with four gold medals, secured victory in the men’s 10km. Global form was also maintained in the women’s 10km, which […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Florian Wellbrock voted best men’s open water swimmer
Germany’s Florian Wellbrock has been named the men’s open water swimming winner at the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards after a dominant victory in the public vote. The 28-year-old secured 48.67% of the total vote, finishing well clear of a high-calibre field of Olympic and world medallists following a season in which […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: men’s open water swimming nominees
European Aquatics has announced the nominees for men’s open water swimming athlete of the year, recognising a group of athletes who delivered outstanding performances across the sport’s biggest international stages during one of the busiest years on record. The shortlist reflects success at both the World Aquatics Championships and European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships, […]
2025 in review: men’s open water swimming
European men reaffirmed their supremacy in open water swimming throughout 2025, delivering standout performances across the World and European Championships as well as the major season-long cup series’. Germany, Hungary, Italy and France led the charge, sharing podiums and titles across nearly every race. Florian Wellbrock’s golden sweep at the World Championships, Kristóf Rasovszky’s triple […]
