2026 SPANISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 11th – March 15th
- Sabadell, Spain
- LCM (50m)
- Recap #1
- Live Results
The final day of the 2026 Spanish Open Championships took place today in Sabadell, with newly minted national record holder Maria Daza following up her 100m free victory with another gold in the 200m free.
The 18-year-old stopped the clock at a solid result of 1:57.15 to beat her peers by well over a second en route to putting up the best time of her career.
Daza split 27.08/29.26/30.35/30.46 to obliterate her former PB of 1:58.81 nearly two years ago.
Teammate Ainhoa Campabadal scored silver tonight in 1:58.48 and Italy’s Sara Gailli hit 2:00.44 for the bronze.
Daza now ranks as the #2 Spanish women’s 200m freestyler of all time, while Campabadal’s time also represented a new personal best by .17 to remain the 5th-best.
Top 5 Spanish Women’s LCM 200 Freestyle Performers All Time
- Melanie Costa – 1:56.19, 2013
- Maria Daza – 1:57.15, 2026
- Mireia Belmonte – 1:57.58, 2012
- Patricia Castro – 1:58.11, 2010
- Ainhoa Campabadall – 1:58.48, 2026
Also making noise on this final day of action was 18-year-old Luca Hoek, taking on the men’s 100m free.
After already establishing a new Spanish record of 21.93 in the 50m free earlier in the competition, Hoek punched a result of 48.20 to take the longer sprint.
Hoek opened in 22.61 and closed in 25.59 to hold off a charging Miguel Perez-Godoy, also of the host nation. Perez-Godoy settled for silver in 48.55 and fellow Spaniard Joseph Castro rounded out the podium in 49.38.
Hoek’s time tonight was within striking distance of his lifetime best of 48.04, a time he clocked at the 2025 World Junior Championships.
Additional winners on the night included Italy’s Benedetta Pilato taking the women’s 100m breaststroke in 1:07.11 and Alba Vazquez‘s time of 2:11.64 topping the women’s 200m IM podium.
