Great Britain Select 36-Strong Squad for European Championships in Paris: Ramsay-Peaty Returns to Continental Waters
A 36-strong swimming Great Britain team has been selected for the European Championships in Paris in August.
The pool programme runs from 10-16 August at the Centre Aquatique Olympique in St-Denis and starts 12 days after the end of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The event marks Adam Ramsay-Peaty’s return to the continental long-course competition for the first time since Budapest 2020, which was pushed back to 2021 because of the Covid pandemic. He won four golds in the Hungarian capital to clinch the quadruple-quadruple with 16 titles from as many races across the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021 editions.
James Guy, Duncan Scott, Matt Richards and Jack McMillan – who comprised the 4×200 relay that added world gold to their Paris 2024 title last year in Singapore – also head to the French capital. They’re joined by three-time Olympic champion Tom Dean who missed the recent British Championships in London with a shoulder injury.
Evans & Colbert Poised For Paris
Angharad Evans became the first British woman to break the 1:05 and 2:20 barriers in the 100m and 200m breaststroke respectively in London. Evans, coached by Ben Higson at the University of Stirling, went 1:04.96 and 2:19.70 to shatter the national records.
Freya Colbert also rewrote the British record books when she took down her 200 free mark in 1:54.34 to make the all-time top 10.
The pair will be joined by Abbie Wood – who in London rose to third in the all-time British 200IM rankings in a PB 2:08.17 – Lauren Cox and Freya Anderson.
Also on the team for Paris are young athletes who are making waves in senior waters including world and European junior champion Filip Nowacki, Amalie Smith, Jacob Mills and Theodora Taylor.
Head Coach Steven Tigg praised the balance of the team and the focus on relay development for the LA 2028 Olympics: “We were delighted with the overall standard of the Aquatics GB Championships in London. Clubs and coaches across the board had prepared their athletes to a very high level.
“Competition for places was fierce, with the increased depth from our younger athletes asking questions of our more established cohort who rose to the challenge. This can only sharpen our competitive skills and develop our racing nerve as we build towards an exciting summer. Firstly, at the Commonwealth Games where a wide range of athletes from our Home Nation partners will compete in front of a Glasgow crowd, before culminating in Paris, where the focus will turn to British representation and more specific individual programmes and our Olympic relay teams against tough European competition.
“It is a tremendous opportunity for increased race exposure to test the team’s physical robustness and mental resilience as we continue our journey towards Los Angeles in line with our preparation strategies.”
Ollie Morgan, who swept the backstroke events for the third consecutive British Championships, said: ‘It’s a massive honour to be selected to represent Great Britain at my first European Championships. After another successful Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, I’m excited to step up in the summer and race the best in Europe, and give everything for some medal opportunities.”
Seventeen-year-old Theodora Taylor, who won 50 free silver and 100 bronze at the 2025 World Junior Championships, said: “I’m really excited to be able to represent Great Britain at the European Championships this summer in Paris. As my first senior GB selection, I’m looking forward to competing against the best athletes in Europe and swim as part of a relay team.
“I hope to learn from the more experienced swimmers on the team as a junior myself and gain more international experience.”
The Aquatics GB swimming team for the 2026 European Championships in Paris:
* Titles of Aquatics GB Performance Centres are shortened to ‘Performance Centre’ in this list
- Freya Colbert, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Lauren Cox, Manchester Performance Centre
- Angharad Evans, University of Stirling
- Joshua Gammon, Bath Performance Centre
- James Guy, Manchester Performance Centre
- Max Litchfield, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Keanna MacInnes, University of Stirling
- Edward Mildred, Manchester Performance Centre
- Oliver Morgan, University of Birmingham
- Filip Nowacki, Millfield
- Eva Okaro, Repton
- Adam Ramsay-Peaty, Repton
- Matt Richards, Manchester Performance Centre
- Duncan Scott, University of Stirling
- Amalie Smith, Royal Tunbridge Wells Monson
- Abbie Wood, Manchester Performance Centre
The above athletes are selected after winning an individual event at the 2026 AGB Swimming Championships that equals or betters the required standard as per clause 5.2 of the relevant selection policy
- Greg Butler, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Luke Greenbank, Loughborough Performance Centre
- Jacob Peters, Bath Performance Centre
- Emily Richards, Manchester Performance Centre
- Jack Skerry, Bath Performance Centre
- Theodora Taylor, Torfaen Dolphins
The above athletes are selected after finishing second in an individual event at the 2026 AGB Swimming Championships that equals or betters the required standard as per clause 5.3 of the relevant selection policy
- Freya Anderson, University of Stirling
- Evelyn Davis, University of Stirling
- Jack McMillan, University of Stirling
- Jacob Mills, Repton
- Leah Schlosshan, Manchester Performance Centre
- Gabriel Shepherd, City of Leeds
- Jacob Whittle, Repton