Roos Vanotterdijk Clocks 25.06 To Lower Own 50 Fly Belgian Record

2025 EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• December 2-7, 2025
• Prelims at 10am local (4am ET)/Finals at 7pm local (1pm ET)
• Lublin, Poland
• SCM (25 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Livestream
• Live Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1
  • Finals: Day 1

WOMEN’S 50 FLY – SEMIFINALS

• WR: 23.72 – Gretchen Walsh (USA), 2025
• WJR: 24.55 – Claire Curzan (USA), 2021
• ER: 24.38 – Therese Alshammar (SWE), 2009
• EJR: 25.20 – Martine Damborg (DEN), 2025
• CR: 24.50 – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2021

Top 8 Qualifiers:

1. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 25.00
2. Martine Damborg (DEN)/Angelina Köhler (GER)/Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL)  – 25.06 *EJR*
3. –
4. –
5. Maike de Waard (NED) – 25.09
6. Silvia di Pietro (ITA) – 25.10
7. Louise Hansson (SWE) – 25.16
8. Anna Ntountounaki (GRE)/Neza Klancar (SLO) – 25.25

The first finals session of the 2025 European Short Course Championships unfolded in Lublin, Poland and Roos Vanotterdijk broke her own hours-old Belgian Record in the 50 butterfly.

Vanotterdijk stopped the clock in 25.06 to take second in the second semifinal, advancing to tomorrow’s final equal second.

Her time undercut the 25.20 she produced during this morning’s prelims, which itself broke the prior record of 25.41 she set during the World Cup circuit in October.

Vanotterdijk is building on the momentum of a standout 2025 long course season. At the European U23 Championships in July, she collected gold in the 50 fly, 100 fly, and 50 back, plus silver in the 100 back. She then broke through at World Championships with two individual medals: a silver in the 100 fly (55.84) and a bronze in the 50 fly (25.32). Her 100 fly silver on day two marked Belgium’s first World Championships medal since 1998, seven years before she was born.

This is her second season training with high-profile coach Mark Faber, who took over as the head of the Flemish Swimming Federation last November.

She is undoubtedly the most versatile female swimmer in Europe, and one of the most versatile swimmers in the world. She currently holds 13 Belgian Records across each of the four strokes and IM: seven in short course and six in long course.

See a full list of her national records below.

Short Course Meters:

• 50 back – 26.43 (2025, World Cup Westmont)
• 100 back – 56.78 (2024, Belgian Championships)
• 200 breast – 2:18.07 (2025, Belgian Championships)
• 50 fly – 25.06 (2025, European Championships)
• 100 fly – 55.64 (2025, World Cup Carmel)
• 100 IM – 57.41 (2025, World Cup Westmont)
• 200 IM – 2:05.81 (2025, World Cup Toronto)

Long Course Meters:

• 100 free – 53.62 (2025, Flanders Cup)
• 50 back – 27.67 (2025, World Championships)
• 100 back – 58.97 (2025, Flanders Cup)
• 50 fly – 25.32 (2025, World Championships)
• 100 fly – 55.84 (2025, World Championships)
• 200 IM – 2:09.73 (2025, French Championships)

Vanotterdijk is one of seven swimmers competing for Belgium this week, and she is entered in the 100 IM, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 breast, 100 back, 200 IM, 50 back, and 50 free. While she probably won’t swim all of these events, she is a legitimate medal threat in each.