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 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 […]
Return to Paris: Olympic open water silver medallist Klemet targets podium at EA Championships
Germany’s Oliver Klemet earned his first senior international medal in 2023 when he finished third in the men’s 10km open water event at the Fukuoka World Championships. A year later, at the age of 22, Klemet took another significant step as he won silver at the Paris 2024 Games behind Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary. Klemet […]
Brilliant Betlehem takes Open Water Swimming World Cup crown as Europeans earn lion’s share of medals in Setubal
The World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup 2026 concluded in fitting fashion over the weekend in Setubal, with European swimmers dominating the final weekend of racing as Germany’s Oliver Klemet stormed to victory in the men’s 3km knockout sprint and Hungary’s David Betlehem secured the overall men’s World Cup title. The final stop of […]
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 […]
Excellence on display at Open Water Swimming World Cup Leg 3 as Europeans lead charge
Europe’s open water swimmers held their course with poise and power as the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup touched down in Setubal, Portugal for its third leg of the 2025 season on 14 & 15 June, with both men’s races going to swimmers from the continent. France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier, one of the most […]
European athletes take lion’s share of medals at Ibiza Open Water World Cup leg
European athletes produced a series of outstanding performances in the second leg of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Ibiza, Spain, reinforcing the continent’s dominance across both the traditional 10km races and the new 3km knockout sprint event – which provided fans on the Spanish island with a spectacle of a showdown […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2024: Kristof Rasovszky voted best male open water swimmer
Kristof Rasovszky has been named best male open water swimmer in the 2024 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards. The 27-year-old Hungarian known as the “Balaton Shark” – after the name of his swimming club – proved an irresistible predator in the water as he won the world and Olympic 10km titles, spearheading Europe’s […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2024: Nominees for best male open water swimmer
The strength-in-depth of European men’s open water swimming was underlined in a season that encompassed Olympic and world competition, with five competitors emerging as contenders for the European Aquatics Athlete of the Year award in their category. The overall results at the two global competitions of the year told their own story. At February’s World […]
