Nine University of Stirling swimmers set for European Aquatics Championships

Nine swimmers from the University of Stirling – UK Sports University of the Year 2027 and Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence – will compete at next week’s European Aquatics Championships.

Just days after returning from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 23 medals, the University’s coveted swim programme will be well represented as top swimmers from across the continent arrive in Paris for the prestigious meet.

Duncan Scott OBE – who won a gold in the 200m Individual Medley at the Games – and Angharad Evans – the 100m and 200m Breaststroke champion in Glasgow – will both compete in Paris. They will be joined at the city’s Olympic Aquatic Centre by Stirling teammates Freya Anderson MBE, Evie Davis, Tom Dean MBE, Keanna MacInnes, Jack McMillan, and Katie Shanahan. Stirling student Evan Jones, who trains at Manchester Performance Centre, has also been selected for Team GB and University of Stirling Head Performance Swim Coach Ben Higson will coach there too.

The swimming competition will run from Monday, 10 August to Sunday, 16, August.

Good luck

David Bond, Director of Performance Sport at the University of Stirling, said: “It has been a hugely successful fortnight for the University of Stirling – with our athletes winning 24 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, including 23 in the pool, and Stirling being named UK Sports University of the Year in the Daily Mail University Guide.

“We now turn our attentions to Paris, where nine University of Stirling athletes will vie for medals at the European Aquatics Championships. We are looking forward to the competition getting under way and wish our swimmers all the best.”

The European Aquatics Championships feature five disciplines: swimming, diving, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving. The competition is being screened free on Eurovision Sport.

Excellence

The University of Stirling is UK Sports University of the Year 2027 (Daily Mail University Guide) and Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence.

Through the powerful and inspirational combination of performance sport, recreational sport, research and education, we are delivering medals on the world stage, improving the health and wellbeing of the nation, and producing the next generation of leaders within sport.

At Stirling, athletes have access to world-class facilities, including a 50-metre pool, a state-of-the-art indoor golf studio, unrivalled outdoor space, and state-of-the-art strength and conditioning suites. In addition to its coaching and facilities, Stirling’s International Sports Scholarship Programme – one of the largest high-performance programmes in the UK – offers athletes funding support, academic flexibility, equipment and kit. It has supported hundreds of athletes since its inception in 1981 – with many competing on the world stage, including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. Core sports include swimming, tennis, golf, triathlon, football, rugby and curling, while individual scholarships cover all Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports.

Read more about sports scholarships at the University of Stirling.