European Aquatics Athlete of the 12 months Awards 2025: males’s open water swimming nominees

European Aquatics has introduced the nominees for males’s open water swimming athlete of the yr, recognising a gaggle of athletes who delivered excellent performances throughout the game’s largest worldwide levels throughout one of many busiest years on file.

The shortlist displays success at each the World Aquatics Championships and European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships, in addition to quite a few cups and excursions all through 2025.

Germany’s Florian Wellbrock is likely one of the most notable names on the record, as he loved a flawless World Aquatics Open Water Championships in Singapore, taking the plaudits as one of the crucial profitable athletes throughout all disciplines.

The Tokyo 2020 champion claimed gold in all three males’s particular person occasions and added one other title as a part of the victorious German relay workforce, underlining his standing as one of the crucial full open water swimmers of his technology.

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri as soon as once more demonstrated his consistency and sophistication on the worldwide stage, throughout a profession which as spanned effectively over a decade. The a number of Olympic and world medallist collected silver medals within the 5km, 10km and workforce occasion on the World Aquatics Championships, earlier than including European Aquatics gold within the 5km.

He has been a fixture at these awards for various years, and his look sooner or later just isn’t one to be discounted.

Hungary options prominently among the many nominees, with David Betlehem a kind of athletes in with a shout. The Hungarian swimmer claimed silver within the 3km knockout dash and bronze within the workforce occasion on the World Aquatics Championships.

Earlier within the season, he secured European silver within the 5km and bronze within the 3km knockout dash, earlier than enjoying a key function in Hungary’s blended workforce gold. He additionally completed on varied podiums in each the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup and European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup all year long.

Compatriot Kristof Rasovszky. the Paris 2024 champion, can be nominated after one other medal-laden marketing campaign. At the World Aquatics Championships he earned bronze within the blended workforce occasion, whereas his European Aquatics Championships performances included titles within the 3km knockout dash and 10km, alongside bronze within the 5km and gold within the blended workforce occasion.

This made him far and away probably the most profitable athlete at that competitors in Stari Grad, and offers him an excellent declare on the award.

France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier completes the shortlist following a powerful displaying at each main championships. A brace of bronze medals on the World Championships, coupled with success at each the cups and the European Championships additionally sees him deserve his spot amongst the nominees.

Click right here to see the nominees for all classes and to vote in your winner.

Stephen Stanley for European Aquatics