IPC Swimming World Championships
12-18 August

Montreal 2013 - Media Centre

News - Swimming

Dutch swimmer Simon Boer racing at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

19-jarige pakt Europese titel op 200 meter schoolsla

A swimmer clenches his fists in delight after winning gold at London 2012.

Friday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships is headlined by the men’s 200m freestyle S4, a race in which Dutchman Michael Schoenmaker has taken six seconds off his time from London 2012.

A swimmer diving into the pool at the start of a race.

With two golds, one silver and one bronze on Wednesday, Italy now has 11 medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros surpassing the nine they won at Berlin 2011.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up

Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung, Great Britain’s Eleanor Simmonds and the hosts’ very own Marc Evers and Marlou van der Kulk will all be in action on day three (6 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Elodie Lorandi

A series of top-level women’s events will headline Thursday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships with world and Paralympic champions competing.

Ihar Boki

At his first outing in Eindhoven, Belarusian Ihar Boki stormed to gold in 50m freestyle S3 – an event he has struggled with in the past.

A picture of three men underwater

Nederlanders grijpen naast eremetaal.

A picture of a man swimming

U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.

British swimmer Stephanie Slater comes up for a breath of air.

Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.

A picture of a woman standing with a silver medal around her neck

Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Russia’s Oleysa Vladykina both won women’s breaststroke gold, touching in at the same time to both take gold as three world records were also broken at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Male swimmers start a race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

Great Britain won three gold medals in the morning session at the Eindhoven 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

A Dutch swimmers celebrates winning gold at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

Swimmers start a backstroke race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Day two at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, will feature the debut of the mixed 4x50 freestyle relay 20 points.

A swimmer wearing goggles laid on his back in the water at the start of a race.

Russia won three European swimming titles in Eindhoven on Tuesday evening with Dmitrii Kokarev and Dmitry Grigorev breaking records.

Maddison Elliott

The 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships will feature a host of top stars, with swimmers competing from a total of 19 countries.

Great Britain's Hannah Russell competing in the 100m butterfly S12 final at London 2012.

Great Britain's Hannah Russell celebrates her 18th birthday with a European title in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Alex Zanardi

This month is packed full of sport with a number of world and regional championships taking place. What will you be watching this month?

A Dutch swimmer after winning a medal at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Op de tweede dag van het IPC EK Zwemmen in het Pieter van den Hoogenband zwemstadion, heeft Nederland haar medailleoogst uitgebreid met drie zilveren en één bronzen medaille.

Markus Rehm

The nominations for this month include Jonas Jacobsson, Markus Rehm, Shaun Norris, Madisson Elliott, Sophie Thornhill and Leomon Silva.

A picture of a man with a gold medal around his neck during a medal ceremony

Host nation the Netherlands won four medals on the first day of the IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, but Ukraine lead the way winning six titles.