Spain Announces Roster of 25 For 2025 Short Course Euros

The Royal Spanish Federation of Swimming (RFEN) has announced its roster for the 2025 Short Course European Championships in Lublin, Poland. The Mediterranean country will send 14 men and 11 women to culminate the calendar year of competition. Catalonia-based CN Terrassa boasted the most qualifiers of any club, placing six athletes on the team.

Spanish Men’s Roster

• Carles Coll
• Luca Hoek
• Cristobal Vargas
• Isak Fernandez
• Diego Mira
• Hugo Gonzalez
• Mario Mendez
• Eudald Tarrats
• Miguel Martinez
• Arbidel Gonzalez
• Miguel Perez-Godoy
• Ivan Martinez
• Cesar Castro
• Sergio de Celis

Spanish Women’s Roster

• Estrella Tonrath
• Maria Daza
• Carla Carron
• Ainhoa Campabadal
• Alba Vazquez
• Paula Gonzalez
• Laura Cabanes
• Angela Martinez
• Maria de Valdes
• Carmen Weiler
• Emma Carrasco

Every swimmer who met the RFEN’s criteria to qualify for the meet is on the roster except for Nayara Pineda. A sprint breaststroker, Pineda does not have a registered meet swum since the Euro Juniors in summer, where she qualified for the Lublin team. Pineda’s absence, combined with nobody qualifying in the women’s 50 or 100 breaststroke at nationals, leaves the team relatively vulnerable in this discipline for relays. That being said, the country may leverage 200 breaststroke champion Alba Vazquez or versatile Emma Carrasco to fill this vacancy.

Spain’s Biggest Medal Contenders

At the time of publication, Spain has five athletes ranked in the world’s top ten (and Europe’s top five) in an event. One of those is reigning 200 breaststroke world champion Carles Coll. Getting another gold this year will prove much trickier, given the strides made by now-world record holder Casper Corbeau. Still, the Spaniard should be in the hunt for a podium spot.

Open water stars Angela Martinez and Maria de Valdes showed what they can do in the short pool this weekend. They enter Euros with the #3 and #4 mile times on the continent currently.

Newly-minted 400 IM national record holder Diego Mira and 200 butterfly ace Laura Cabanes round out the country’s top ranked athletes. Both sit at #3 among Europeans in their respective races.

Additionally, Hugo Gonzalez, Carmen Weiler, and Emma Carrasco have extensive international experience that includes Olympic or Worlds final appearances.

Young sprint freestyle stars Luca Hoek and Maria Daza, who each medaled individually at Euro Juniors this summer, should play a key role on Spanish relays.