LEN European Aquatics Championships

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Updated On : 22 Jan, 2020

Full Name
LEN European Aquatics Championships

Type
regional

Location
Europe

Disabled
No

Conducted
Once in 2 years

Gender
Both

Trivia

Till 1999, the Championship used to conduct open water polo events. Later on, the discipline was moved to the European Water Polo Championship.

The European Aquatic Championships is a main continental championship for aquatic sports, held in every two years in Europe. The event is organized by the LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation), the governing body for Aquatic Sports in Europe. Since 1999, it has been conducting events of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and open water swimming. The first edition of the event was organized in the year 1926, hosted by Budapest, Hungary. Women began participating from the second championship which was held in 1927.

Competition Format

The participant should be 25 years old (or older) as on qualifying date.
He/she should be a member of a club which is registered with a National Federation, affiliated to LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation).
Citizenship of European Nations is not compulsory for qualification. However, the athlete should have been under the prerogative of a European club for minimum twelve (12) months preceding the competition.
There are qualifying standards prescribed for participating in swimming events but not for diving and synchronized swimming.