Record-breaking Nowacki wins three European medals

Filip Nowacki's three European junior medals come after he won his first medals at the British senior championships earlier this year

Jersey swimmer Filip Nowacki has won two gold medals and a silver at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Slovakia.

The 17-year-old twice broke the European junior record in the 200m breaststroke.

Having clocked a time of 2:09.11 in the semi-final he lowered that mark to 2:08.32.

Nowacki's new record is 1.32 seconds quicker than the previous European 200m junior breaststroke record and was the fifth-fastest time recorded by a British swimmer.

Having already twice broken the British age group record in the 50m breaststroke as he went on to win a silver, he also added gold in the 100m breaststroke.

The Millfield School student, who is part of the Team GB world-class swimming squad, won the final in 59.59 seconds, 0.59 seconds ahead of Greece's Evangelos Efraim Ntoumas.

The medals add to a growing collection for Nowacki as he aims for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

He won bronze in the 50m and 100m breaststroke at the British Championships in April.

In 2024 he broke the British age-group record for 16-year-olds in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and won a silver medal at the European Junior Championships over the longer distance.

It came after he became the first Jersey sportsperson to win three Commonwealth Youth Games medals, in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023, before following that up with a silver medal at the European Youth Olympics.