European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Bettina Fabian voted best women’s open water swimmer
Hungary’s Bettina Fabian has been named the women’s open water swimming winner at the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards after topping a highly competitive five-athlete shortlist. Fabian secured 30.51% of the total vote, emerging ahead of Italy’s Ginevra Taddeucci, who finished second with 28.69%, following a season that marked a clear breakthrough […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: women’s open water swimming nominees
European Aquatics has announced the nominees for the women’s open water swimming athlete of the year, with a five-strong list of the continent’s greatest representatives all earning their place on the shortlist, with your votes deciding who will take the award. The shortlist brings together medallists from the World Aquatics Championships, continental champions and overall […]
2025 in review: women’s open water swimming
European women once again played a defining role in open water swimming during 2025, producing a season marked by emerging young talent, resurgent veterans, and a broad spread of success across several nations. From a humid and tactical World Championships in Singapore to the sunlit bay of Stari Grad for the European Championships, the continent’s […]
Tarasiewicz and Kapala shine in Razanac as Dalu and Pou crowned 2025 European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup champions
The 2025 European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup came to a fitting conclusion in Razanac, Croatia, as the fifth and final leg brought the curtain down on a thrilling season that has showcased the very best of continental endurance swimming. In perfect conditions for a 63-strong men’s and women’s field which contained beginners and veterans […]
Barcelona delivers drama in penultimate leg of European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup
The European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup reached Barcelona on Saturday (September 20) for the penultimate leg of the 2025 series, and the Mediterranean city once again delivered a dramatic day of racing that may prove decisive in shaping the final outcome of the five-leg competition. Against the backdrop of Port Vell on the Spanish […]
Velly and Pou hold off Italian pressure to win men’s and women’s titles at EA Open Water Swimming Cup leg 3 in Paris
Sacha Velly achieved a home victory at today’s third leg of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup in Paris after holding off a sustained challenge from Italian rivals. The women’s race was won by Monaco’s Lisa Pou, who earned world 10km bronze in Singapore nine days ago. The 20-year-old French swimmer, who won the […]
Singapore 2025: Wellbrock takes men’s world title and Taddeucci leads women’s European charge in thrilling 10km battles
Europe’s open‑water specialists made their mark in sweltering conditions off Sentosa Island on Wednesday, capturing four of the six medals on offer in the 10 km at the World Aquatics Championships 2025 in Singapore. In brutally hot and humid conditions, it was Germany’s Florian Wellbrock who produced a masterclass in pace control and tactical racing to […]
Velly and Jouisse take Setubal crowns as Open Water Swimming Cup completes second stop
The second leg of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2025 saw France’s Sacha Velly and Caroline Jouisse continue an impressive uptick in the nation’s form as they took the respective men’s and women’s titles at the Parque Urbano de Albarquel in Setubal, Portugal. Following the first leg in Cyprus last month, a total […]
