Swindon swimming coach Aimee Masters wins European Masters golds

Aimee Masters, a 21-year-old who coaches swimmers at David Lloyd Swindon, came home from the European Aquatics Masters Championships with five medals, three of them gold, Swindon24 reported on Wednesday 26 August 2026. The pool events were held at the X-Bionic Sphere in Šamorín, Slovakia, during championships running from 18 to 30 August.

Her results

The report lists:

• Gold in the women's 20-24 50m backstroke
• Gold in the women's 20-24 200m backstroke, a day later
• Bronze in the 200m individual medley, with a lifetime best by 2.5 seconds
• Silver in a mixed medley relay, swimming with Nigel Masters, Tyler Checchia and Rebecca Smith
• A lifetime best of 1:08.37 on the final day of pool competition

Swindon24's report gives her overall tally as three golds, a silver and a bronze, and three lifetime bests, without naming the event for the third gold.

A Swindon swimmer from the age of 10

Masters, who is also Swindon ASC's club captain, was swimming for Swindon Dolphin at 10. At the 2020 Wiltshire Youth and Senior Championships she won three golds and a bronze, with her three junior titles coming in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke. She became a British Masters champion in 2025 in the 50m backstroke, and in June 2026 won the 100m backstroke in 1:09.25 and the 50m in 31.59 at the British Masters Championships.

Thomas McEwen, General Manager of David Lloyd Swindon, said: "What an incredible achievement. We are so lucky to have such an inspirational coach with us here at DL Swindon."

Source: Swindon24.