2025 European Youth Olympic Festival Begins On July 21st

2025 EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL

  • Monday, July 21st – Friday, July 25th
  • Skopje, Macedonia
  • LCM (50m)
  • Meet Central

The 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival taking place in Skopje, Macedonia will see its pool swimming action get underway on Monday, July 21st, spanning through Friday, July 25th.

The EYOF is a biannual, multi-sport event in which athletes aged 14-18 can participate. Across all of 2025 EYOF, there is a total of nearly 4000 athletes ready to represent 50 European delegations.

The likes of World Record holders David Popovici of Romania and Evgenia Chikunova of Russia are among the notable past participants in the elite event.

At the 2023 edition of the EYOF, Italy topped the overall swimming medal table, having brought home 18 pieces of hardware, including 7 golds, 4 silvers and 7 bronze medals.

Runner-up status went to the nation of Romania, while Great Britain rounded out the top 3 performing nations in Maribor, Slovenia

Top 5 Swimming Nations at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF)

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Italy 7 4 7 18
Romania 5 0 3 8
Great Britain 4 8 3 15
Germany 4 3 2 9
Hungary 3 5 1 9

 

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