2017 EURO MEET
- January 27th-29th, 2017
- D’Coque Aquatic Center in Luxembourg
- Meet Site
- Start Lists/Results
- Live Streaming
Katinka Hosszu fans in Luxembourg 2016 , photo: Daniela Kapser
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Katinka Hosszu will highlight this year’s Euro Meet alongside Sarah Sjöström, Adam Peaty, Marco Koch, Laszlo Cseh and Camille Lacourt.
2016 was a fantastic year for the “Iron Lady”: She won three gold and one silver medal at the Olympic Games, celebrated four victories at the 2016 European Swimming Championships and won the FINA Swimming World Cup for the fifth time in a row. At the SC World Championships 2016, she earned seven gold and two silver medals, her collection went up to a grand total of major international medals as high as 73, amongst them 44 in gold.
Last year, Katinka Hosszu won 10medals at the 2016 Euro Meet, for Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström it is the first participation in this event in Luxembourg. Sjöström won a complete set of medals at the Rio Olympic Games, gold in the 100m butterfly, silver in the 200m freestyle and bronze in the 100m freestyle.
The audience in Luxembourg will see with Olympic Champion Adam Peaty and World Champion Marco Koch two of the fastest breaststrokers and with Hungarian Laszlo Cseh one of the most successful butterfly and individual medley swimmers over the last 10 years.
Adam Peaty won titles at the Commonwealth and European Championships in 2014 and the World Championships in 2015. At the 2016 Olympic Games, he broke the world record in the 100 m breaststroke twice in 57.35 during the heats and 57.13 during the final. With the 200m breaststroke long and short course world champion Marco Koch (Germany) at the Euro Meet, the breaststroke events have the potential of world class races. Marco Koch won the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 SC World Championships – Adam Peaty did not participate in this event.
The Euro Meet in Luxembourg was Marco Koch’s first international swim meet in 2007 – and he has competed in Luxembourg since his first appearance on the international stage. Koch won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke four times in a row from 2013 to 2016 in Luxembourg.
Laszlo Cseh won 72 international medals so far at major events (Olympic Games, World Championships long and short course, European Championships long and short course) in the timeframe 2003 – 2016. Cseh’s goal for 2017 is to swim in his hometown Budapest in the brand new swimming complex currently built for the 2017 World Swimming Championships.
France’s Camille Lacourt took a break following the Rio Olympic Games and on his way to the 2017 World Championships, the Euro Meet will be on of his first competions, along with several members of the best elite French swimming club, the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille.
The Euro Meet takes place in the beautiful aquatic centre “d’Coque” at Luxembourg-Kirchberg. The facility has a 50 m, 10-lane competition pool and also a 50 m training pool as well as a 25 m warm-up pool. Luxembourg is a small country in western Europe, it is bordered by Belgium, Germany and France and it is one of the smallest sovereign states in Europe. Nonetheless the city of Luxembourg, which is the country’s capital, is the seat of several institutions and agencies of the European Nation and Luxembourg is the largest private banking centre in the eurozone.
Outside the D’Coque Sports Center in Luxembourg, photo : Daniela Kapser
What is she going to swim at this meet? Everything again, chasing prize money or the participation in this meet is the part of the plan of preparation for WC in Budapest.
In 2016, she entered nearly all events and won 10 medals. Of course their is a prize money: (in Euro): Individual and relay events 1st: € 300,- 2nd: € 200,- 3rd: € 100,-
Records World Record (Open only): € 3.000,- European Record (Open only): € 2.000,- Meet Record: € 300,- Prize money for all records is not cumulative and is paid for the best performance once per event per athlete.
Katinka’s brother plays professional basketball in Germany and so it is also a chance for her meet him.
Thank you for the prize information. I also got broken out into tears with this brother story. Very touching. Come on, it is in average four hours drive from Hungarian to German city. My son did it pretty much frequently on weekends coming from college to see his beloved parents … and bringing laundry. But of course Europeans may look on such ride differently not considering it an easy one.
No it is not that near, it is a 10-11 hours car drive but a short flight … I only added this because normally you find Katinka not in Budapest, where her training base is because she travels from swim meet to swim meet … Don’t be sad ;-), I think they have enough opportunities to meet each other . Her brother plays for Kaiserslautern – and this city is only less than 2 hours away from Luxembourg. Europe is not SO tiny!
Thank you, Daniela for the clarification on the geography of Europe.
Please excuse me, it’s my prickly nature that I cannot help it sometimes.
I just used to drive in Germany from North to South and from the Salzburg, Austria to Amsterdam. The roads were good and in many places without speed limits. Drivers on the road are disciplined. I’m not questioning the quality of Hosszu’s family ties and I’m sure that she will be glad to meet her brother. I just have some doubts that it was important factor when she made a decision of participation in this meet. She did it pretty late and I curios about her choice of events. Are those where the competition… Read more »