Paris 2026: Pellacani has European night of nights with golds in mixed 3m synchro and women’s 1m
Italian fans celebrated hugely after witnessing a peerless exhibition of diving from Chiara Pellacani, who ended day 3 at the European Aquatics Championships with two golds – the first partnering Matteo Santoro in the mixed 3m synchro, the second in retaining her women’s 1m springboard title. The chant of “Chiara, Chiara, Chiara!!” rang out at […]
Paris 2026: Six European Aquatics Championships storylines to watch for in diving and high diving
Pellacani pushing for more gold Chiara Pellacani became the first person to win five diving medals at a single European Aquatics Championships, doing so on in her home city of Rome in 2022. That total of European medals has since grown to 19, including eight golds. And as she heads towards Paris 2026 in search […]
Two years after Olympic dream disappeared, Heimberg set for first Paris visit as defending European champion
Michelle Heimberg once hoped to see Paris for the first time while competing at the Olympics. One bad dive at the Swiss trials ended that ambition, setting her on a path that led away from the sport – and back again. Two years after failing to earn a place at the Paris 2024 Games Heimberg […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Chiara Pellacani voted best women’s diver
Italy’s Chiara Pellacani has been named best women’s diver in the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards. Pellacani, who turned 23 on September 12, claimed 41.56% of he vote after a season of historic achievement in individual and mixed competition. At the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore she combined with Matteo Santoro in […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: women’s diving nominees
Chiara Pellacani combined with Matteo Santoro to earn Italy’s first world diving gold since 2015 in the 3m synchro event, and also secured her first individual medals at this year’s World Aquatics Championships. It was the culmination of ambition for a pair who had been mixed 3m synchro silver medallists at the World Aquatics Championships […]
Singapore 2025: European divers take the plunge in medal quest at World Aquatics Championships
European divers will seek to make a medal impact at the World Aquatics Championships as their nine-day competition starts tomorrow at the OCBC Aquatics Centre. A total of 13 titles will be on offer, and although China – winners of nine golds at last year’s Championships in Doha and all eight at the Paris 2024 […]
Antalya 2025: Golden Swiss precision from Heimberg on day 6 as Ukraine’s Sereda earns third title with 15-year-old Hrytsenko
Michelle Heimberg produced a Swiss precision performance on day six of the European Aquatics Diving Championships as she won women’s 3m springboard gold in fine style having dominated the morning’s preliminary competition. History was made for Armenia as 23-year-old Aleksandra Bibikina won silver seven years after the country’s only other medal success at these Championships […]
