European Aquatics (formerly , , popularly known by its acronym LEN) is the European governing body for aquatic sports affiliated to World Aquatics — it is the Continental Association for Europe. It was formally organized in 1927 in Bologna,The Founding of LEN page of the LEN website; retrieved 2016-07-07. and since 2015 is headquartered in Nyon.
European Aquatics comprises 52 national swimming federations in Europe, and includes Israel which for Olympic-sport purposes is grouped with Europe.member list of the European Olympic Committees (EOC); retrieved 2012-03-05. European Aquatics is overseen by an elected Bureau (board) composed of Members representing 17 different Federations. European Aquatics oversees aquatic sports in Europe: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.
Events Championships European Aquatics organizes one championship (European Aquatics Championships), involving four of the five LEN disciplines (swimming, diving artistic swimming, and open water swimming). European Aquatics Championships (held in even years; includes swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and Masters)
Discipline championships European Aquatics organizes five more discipline championships (swimming (25m), diving, water polo, artistic swimming, and open water). Swimming (25m): European Short Course Swimming Championships (run every year, from 2015 run every second year) Diving: European Diving Championships (run every second year since 2009) Water Polo: European Water Polo Championship (run every second year) Artistic Swimming: European Artistic Swimming Championships (2023) Open Water: European Open Water Swimming Championships (run every second year since 2016)
Junior championships European Aquatics also runs various competitions restricted to a younger age: Swimming: European Junior Swimming Championships (run every year); European U-23 Swimming Championships (run every second year) Diving: European Junior Diving Championships (run every year) Water Polo: U20, U18 and U16 European Water Polo Championship (run every second year) Artistic Swimming: European Junior Artistic Swimming Championships (run every year) Open Water: European Junior Open Water Championships (run every year)
Masters championships Swimming: European Aquatics Masters Championships (run every second year)
Member federations
The following national federations are part of European Aquatics:
Country Federation Founded Code Albanian Swimming Federation (FSHN) 1931 ALB Andorran Swimming Federation (FAN) 1986 AND Armenian Swimming Federation 1993 ARM Austrian Swimming Federation (OSV) 1899 AUT Azerbaijan Swimming Federation 1992 AZE Swimming Federation of Belarus (BFP) 1959 BLR Royal Belgian Swimming Federation (KBZB/FRBN) 1902 BEL Swimming Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1946/1992 BIH Bulgarian Swimming Federation (BFPS) 1931 BUL Croatian Swimming Federation (HPS) 1909 CRO Cyprus Swimming Federation (KOEK) 1972 CYP Czech Swimming Federation (ČSPS) 1919/1993 CZE Historien "History" page from the Danish Swimming Union's website (www.svoem.dk); retrieved 2012-03-05. Danish Swimming Union (SVØM) 1907 DEN Estonian Swimming Federation (EUL) 1910 EST Faroe Islands Swimming Association (SSF) 1980 FAR Finnish Swimming Federation (SUiL) 1906 FIN French Swimming Federation (FFN) 1920 FRA Georgian Aquatic Sports National Federation 1991 GEO German Swimming Federation (DSV) 1886 GER Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association 1946 GIB Great Britain Aquatics GB 1869 GBR Hellenic Swimming Federation (KOE) 1927 GRE Hungarian Swimming Association (MÚSZ) 1907 HUN Icelandic Swimming Association (SSÍ) 1951 ISL Ireland Swim Ireland 1893 IRL Israel Swimming Association (ISA) 1951 ISR Italian Swimming Federation (FIN) 1899 ITA Kosovo Swimming Federation (FNK) 1997 KOS Latvian Swimming Federation (LPF) 1905/1988 LAT Liechtenstein Swimming Association (LSchV) 1981 LIE Lithuanian Swimming Federation (LPF) 1924/1990 LTU Luxembourg Swimming and Life-saving Federation (FLNS) 1924 LUX Aquatic Sports Association of Malta (ASA) 1925 MLT Water Kind of Sports Federation of the Republic of Moldova (FISN) 1989 MDA Swimming Federation of Monaco (FMN) 1976 MON Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro (VPS) 1949/2006 MNE Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) 1888 NED Swimming Federation of Macedonia (PFM) 1947 MKD Norwegian Swimming Federation (NSF) 1910 NOR Polish Swimming Federation (PZP) 1922 POL Portuguese Swimming Federation (FPN) 1930 POR Romanian Swimming Federation (FRNPM) 1930 ROU Russian Swimming Federation (VFP) 1991 RUS Swimming Federation of San Marino (FSN) 1980 SMR Serbian Swimming Federation (PSS) 1904 SRB Slovak Swimming Federation (SPF) 1990 SVK Slovenian Swimming Association (PZS) 1922 SLO Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) 1920 ESP Swedish Swimming Federation (SSF) 1904 SWE Swiss Swimming Federation (SSCHV/FSN) 1918 SUI Turkish Swimming Federation (TYF) 1957 TUR Ukrainian Swimming Federation (USF) 1990 UKR
European Aquatics Awards winners Men's events Year Winner Country Swimming2008Alain Bernard2009Paul Biedermann2010Camille Lacourt2011Alexander Dale Oen2012Yannick Agnel2013Yannick Agnel2014Florent Manaudou2015Laszlo Cseh2016Adam Peaty Great Britain2017Adam Peaty Great Britain2018Kliment Kolesnikov2019Adam Peaty Great Britain2021Adam Peaty Great Britain2022David Popovici2023Noè Ponti2024Léon Marchand2025David Popovici Diving2008 Dmitry Sautin 2009 Tom Daley Great Britain 2010 Illya Kvasha 2011 Sascha Klein 2012 Ilya Zakharov 2013 Patrick Hausding 2014 Patrick Hausding 2015 Tom Daley Great Britain 2016 Jack Laugher Great Britain 2017 Tom Daley Great Britain 2018 Jack Laugher Great Britain 2019 Aleksandr Bondar 2021 Tom Daley Great Britain2022Jack Laugher Great Britain2023Oleksiy Sereda 2024Tom Daley Great Britain2025Oleksiy Sereda Artistic Swimming2017 Giorgio Minisini 2018 Giorgio Minisini 2019 Aleksandr Maltsev 2021 Aleksandr Maltsev 2022 Giorgio Minisini 2023Dennis Gonzalez Boneu 2024Giorgio Minisini 2025Dennis González Open Water2008 Maarten van der Weijden 2009 Thomas Lurz 2010 Valerio Cleri 2011 Thomas Lurz 2012 Thomas Lurz 2013 Thomas Lurz 2014 Thomas Lurz 2015 Ferry Weertman 2016 Ferry Weertman 2017 Marc-Antoine Olivier 2018 Kristof Rasovszky 2019 Kristof Rasovszky 2021 Florian Wellbrock 2022Gregorio Paltrinieri 2023Florian Wellbrock 2024Kristof Rasovszky 2025Florian Wellbrock Water Polo2008 Peter Biros 2009 Filip Filipovic 2010 Vanja Udovicic 2011 Stefano Tempesti 2012 Miho Boskovic 2013 Denes Varga 2014 Filip Filipovic 2015 Dusko Pijetlovic 2016 Filip Filipovic 2017 Marko Bijac 2018 Filip Filipovic 2019 Francesco Di Fulvio 2021 Filip Filipovic 2022Unai Aguirre 2023Gergő Zalánki 2024Dušan Mandić 2025Álvaro Granados High Diving2022Constantin Popovici 2023Cătălin Preda 2024Aidan Heslop Great Britain2025Constantin Popovici Women's events Year Winner Country Swimming2008Rebecca Adlington Great Britain2009Britta Steffen2010Therese Alshammar2011Federica Pellegrini2012Ranomi Kromowidjojo2013Katinka Hosszu2014Katinka Hosszu2015Katinka Hosszu2016Katinka Hosszu2017Sarah Sjostrom2018Sarah Sjostrom2019Sarah Sjostrom2021Sarah Sjostrom2022Rūta Meilutytė2023Sarah Sjostrom2024Sarah Sjostrom2025Marrit Steenbergen Diving2008 Yulia Pakhalina 2009 Tania Cagnotto 2010 Christin Steuer 2011 Tania Cagnotto 2012 Tania Cagnotto 2013 Tania Cagnotto 2014 Tania Cagnotto 2015 Tania Cagnotto 2016 Tania Cagnotto 2017 Nadezhda Bazhina 2018 Celine van Duijn 2019 Ekaterina Beliaeva 2021 Tina Punzel 2022Chiara Pellacani 2023Michelle Heimberg 2024Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix Great Britain2025Chiara Pellacani Artistic Swimming2008 Anastasia DavydovaAnastasia Ermakova 2009 Natalia Ishchenko 2010 Natalia Ishchenko 2011 Natalia IshchenkoSvetlana Romashina 2012 Natalia Ishchenko 2013 Svetlana Romashina 2014 Ona Carbonell 2015 Svetlana Romashina 2016 Natalia Ishchenko 2017 Svetlana Kolesnichenko 2018 Svetlana Kolesnichenko 2019 Ona Carbonell 2021 Svetlana Kolesnichenko 2022 Marta Fiedina 2023Anna-Maria AlexandriEirini-Marina Alexandri2024Vasiliki Alexandri2025Iris Tió Open Water2008 Larisa Ilchenko 2009 Angela Maurer 2010 Linsy Heister 2011 Keri-Anne Payne Great Britain 2012 Eva Risztov 2013 Martina Grimaldi 2014 Sharon van Rouwendaal 2015 Aurelie Muller 2016 Sharon van Rouwendaal 2017 Aurelie Muller 2018 Sharon van Rouwendaal 2019 Rachele Bruni 2021 Sharon van Rouwendaal 2022 Sharon van Rouwendaal 2023Leonie Beck 2024Sharon van Rouwendaal 2025Bettina Fábián Water Polo2008 Danielle De Bruijn 2009 Iefke van Belkum 2010 Sofia Konukh 2011 Alexandra Asimaki 2012 Anni Espar 2013 Jennifer Pareja 2014 Maria Garcia 2015 Roberta Bianconi 2016 Roberta Bianconi 2017 Laura Ester 2018 Sabrina van der Sloot 2019 Laura Ester 2021 Beatriz Ortiz 2022Judith Forca 2023Roberta Bianconi 2024Beatriz Ortiz2025Nona Pérez High Diving2022Iris Schmidbauer 2023Morgane Herculano 2025Ginni van Katwijk
See also
Swimming International Swimming Federation – FINA List of swimming competitions
References
External links European Aquatics Official Website.