Germany Names Team for European Championships in Paris; Johannes Liebmann Set for Pool & Open Water
Newly-crowned European 800 free record holder Johannes Liebmann is among 44 swimmers to be named in the Germany squad for the European Championships in Paris.
Liebmann will compete in the 3k knockout sprint in the River Seine before turning his attention to the pool programme which runs from 10-16 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.
Liebmann is one of the Magdeburg powerhouse selected for the European showcase along with Florian Wellbrock (open water), Isabel Gose and Lukas Märtens in what is a strong German squad. They’re joined by double world silver medallist Sven Schwarz, world 100m breaststroke champion Anna Elendt, Olympic open water silver medallist Oliver Klemet and Paris Olympian Melvin Imoudu.
Elendt won 200 breaststroke gold at the short-course Europeans in Lublin last December but has yet to stand on the continental long-course podium. Märtens won 400 free gold and 800 silver at Roma 2022 and subsequently lowered the WR in the former as well as claiming the Olympic and world titles.
“The Olympic Games in Paris and also the World Championships in Singapore have recently given us a lot of momentum, which we now want to use for our return to the French capital. But the focus is not only on the fight for the medals. We want to give younger talents the chance to gain important experience for their further careers,” said Christian Hansmann, board member for competitive sports at the DSV.
Germany squad for the European Championships, Paris
Women: Angelina Köhler (SG Neukölln Berlin), Julianna Dora Bocska, Nina Sandrine Jazy (both SG Essen), Isabel Gose, Nina Holt, Linda Roth, Maya Werner, Leonie Märtens (all SC Magdeburg), Nicole Maier (Athletic Club Palaio Faliro/GRE), Anna Elendt (SG Frankfurt), Lise Seidel, Yara Fay Riefstahl (both SC Chemnitz), Noelle Benkler, Lena Ludwig (both SV Nikar Heidelberg), Maya Tobehn (Dresdner SC)
Men: Ole Braunschweig, Kaii Liam Winker, Luca Nik Armbruster (all SG Neukölln Berlin), Lukas Märtens, Johannes Liebmann (both SC Magdeburg), Melvin Imoudu, Jan Malte Gräfe, Ole Mats Eidam (all Potsdamer SV), Fritz Dietz, Oliver Klemet (both SG Frankfurt), Sven Schwarz, Martin Wrede (both Waspo 98 Hannover), Cedric Büssing, Finn Hammer, Julian Koch (all SG , Jarno Bäschnitt, Lucas Matzerath (both Team Bochum), Josha Salchow (SV Nikar Heidelberg), Timo Sorgius (SC Wiesbaden 1911), Cornelius Jahn (Ahrensburger TSV), Vincent Passek (Berlin TSC), Björn Kammann (AMTV-WTB Hamburg), Jeremias Pock
Germany Open Water Squad For Paris 2026
10km Women: Lea Boy (SV Würzburg 05), Leonie Märtens (SC Magdeburg)
Men’s 10km: Florian Wellbrock (SC Magdeburg), Oliver Klemet (SG Frankfurt)
5km Women: Lea Boy (SV Würzburg 05), Julia Ackermann (SC Chemnitz), Fabienne Wenske (SV Nikar Heidelberg)
5km Men: Florian Wellbrock (SC Magdeburg), Oliver Klemet (SG Frankfurt)
Knockout Sprint Women: Isabel Gose (SC Magdeburg), Leonie Märtens (SC Magdeburg), Lea Boy (SV Würzburg 05)
Knockout Sprint Men: Florian Wellbrock (SC Magdeburg), Johannes Liebmann (SC Magdeburg), Oliver Klemet (SG Frankfurt)
4×1.5km mixed relay: Leonie Märtens (SC Magdeburg), Lea Boy (SV Würzburg 05), Oliver Klemet (SG Frankfurt), Florian Wellbrock (SC Magdeburg)