Seven Swimmers to Compete at 2026 European Championships – LSU

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PARIS – Seven LSU swimmers can be representing the Tigers on the world stage this week on the 2026 European Aquatics Championships on the Centre Aquatique Olympique de Saint-Denis in Paris, France.

The meet will start on Monday, Aug. 10 and conclude on Saturday, Aug. 16. 

Reigning SEC champion Jere Hribar, a rising senior for the Tigers, will symbolize his dwelling nation of Croatia on the meet. Hribar competed on the European Championships in December of 2025 and located nice success, incomes gold within the 50m freestyle and silver within the 100m freestyle. He can be competing within the 50m and 100m freestyle once more this summer season.

Nikola Simic, Volodomyr Lisovets, and Martina Bukvic every competed alongside Hribar on the European Championships final December and can accomplish that once more this summer season. Simic and Bukvic, each natives of Belgrade, Serbia, will compete for his or her nation. Lisovets will compete once more for his dwelling nation of Ukraine. Bukvic will swim the 50m, 100m, and 200m breaststroke occasions; Lisovets will compete within the 50m and 100m breaststroke; and Simic will swim the 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyle. All three Tigers competed on the NCAA Championships final season, and each Bukvic and Lisovets obtained All-SEC honors.

Jovan Lekic, a rising senior from Banja Luka, Bosnia, will compete within the 200m and 400m freestyle on the meet. Lekic earned CSCAA First Team All-American honors in 2025 for his efficiency within the 500 freestyle on the NCAA Championships.

Incoming Tigers Nina Stanisavljević and Ieva Visockaite will even symbolize their respective nations on the meet. Stanisavljević hails from Leskovac, Serbia and can compete within the 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, and 100m butterfly. She will enter her first season with the Tigers this fall after transferring from Georgia Tech. Visockaite is an incoming freshman from Kaunas, Lithuania. She will swim the 100m, 200m, and 400m freestyle.

Results from the meet can be posted to the European Aquatics web site. 

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