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 […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2024: Sharon van Rouwendaal voted best female open water swimmer
Sharon van Rouwendaal has been named best female open water swimmer in the 2024 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards, thus claiming the honour for a sixth time. The 30-year-old Dutch athlete became the first swimmer, male or female, to win two Olympic 10k titles when she claimed gold at the Paris 2024 Games. […]
