Funchal 2025: Spain adds two more golds and Bleyer makes history for Germany on day two
Spain won the men’s solo free – thanks to debutant Jordi Caceres Iglesias – and team free titles at the European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships Funchal 2025, with Klara Bleyer also securing Germany’s first ever solo title in this competition. The second day of action at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Pools complex began with a […]
Masters swimmers celebrate historic European Short Course Championships
By Nick Hope Aquatics correspondent in Madeira “Incredible,” “astounding” and “ground-breaking” – just a sample of the positive words passionately delivered by athletes following the first-ever European Masters Short Course Swimming Championships. Madeira 2023, which took place in the beautiful city of Funchal, saw around 1000 swimmers take to either the pool or open water […]
Madeira 2023: Olympian Vânia Neves celebrates “special” European titles in home waters
By Nick Hope Aquatics Correspondent in Madeira Portuguese Olympian Vânia Neves dedicated her European Masters titles to the young swimmers she now coaches, saying they prove “anything is possible if you work for it.” The 33-year-old, who competed in the 10km event at Rio 2016, won the 800m freestyle title on Sunday; the opening day […]
Madeira 2023: Masters set for “unique” European Championships in Portugal
963 athletes from 32 nations and 432 clubs will take to the pool – or the ocean – during seven days of aquatic action at the first-ever European Masters Short Course Swimming Championships – Madeira 2023. Ahead of the event, the official press conference took place at the Nobre Hall of the Funchal City Council […]
Entry list and team guide revealed for Madeira 2023 European Masters
Around 1000 athletes from across the continent will line-up for Madeira 2023, the first-ever European Masters Short Course Swimming Championships, in Portugal. The event, which will see swimmers take to the pool and the ocean during seven days of racing, takes place on the Portuguese Island of Madeira from 19-25 November. “On behalf of the […]
