The 2023 European Aquabike Championships will be held in Menen (Belgium) on August 27th. And this is definitely a race to look forward for aquabike athletes, as the organizers are obviously paying much more attention to aquabike athletes as in previous World or European Championship races.
If you would like to compete in the Europeans but have not yet raced in an international championship race before, you might not be aware of how to register for it. Because the registrations for those events are processed through the national federations – and this is a bit different in every country. In this article we collected information about the top 15 European countries in the Aquabike.World country ranking about the registration process but also about the deadlines which are coming up pretty soon in some countries.
But first of all, a few words about other things you have to consider, when you want to represent your country in a World or European Championship race. Before you can register you will need a licence from your national triathlon federation. If you are member of a triathlon club, ask other club members about how to apply for it. Or check out the website of your national triathlon federation to get in touch with them. And you will need to get an official triathlon suit from your national triathlon federation – and as the case may be also some other official clothing. You can find more information in this article.
Below you will find the list of the top 15 European Countries of the Aquabike.World Country Ranking with the following information:
- Link(s) to general information about the application / registration process in the country
- Link to registration form or information about how to register
- Registration deadline
Good News #1: The registration deadline has not yet passed in most countries (except Switherland and Portugal). By the way, there is a general registration deadline defined by World Triathlon, but most countries do set an earlier deadline for their athletes to have some time to process the registration and pass it on to World Triathlon. So, there are only a few days left in some countries.
Good News #2: In none of the countries you had to take part in any qualification races as sometimes is the case for World Championships.
OK, here we go…
Great Britain
- Information: https://www.britishtriathlon.org/gb-teams/age-group/2023-european-middle-distance-aquabike-championships–belgium-multisport-event_17037
- Registration: https://www.britishtriathlon.org/my-account/payment/?item=17037 (need to have an account at British Triathlon)
- Registration Deadline: June 9th
Spain
- Information: https://triatlon.org/grupos-edad/criterios-de-participacion/
- Registration: https://triatlon.org/evento/?alias=2023-multiesport-menem
- Registration Deadline: June 25th
France
- Information: https://www.fftri.com/competitions/club-france/modalites-de-qualification/
- Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlDSTIFfszMLenghlMcfMoRHDGSiYDaWitzqczCKnayn6CLg/viewform
- Registration Deadline: June 28th
Germany
- Information: https://www.triathlondeutschland.de/nationalmannschaft/altersklassen-athletinnen/ak-nationalmannschaft/nominierungsprozess
- Registration: https://www.dtu-kalender.de/ath/competitions/203/signup
- Registration Deadline: June 9th
Austria
- Information: https://www.triathlon-austria.at/de/sport/age-group-programm/int.-meisterschaften-termine/eventdbshow-2023-europe-triathlon-multisport-championships-menen-aquabike-27.08.2023
- Registration: https://www.triathlon-austria.at/de/sport/age-group-programm/anmeldeformular-intern.-meisterschaften
- Registration Deadline: June 23rd
Ireland
- Information: https://www.triathlonireland.com/get-involved/age-group-selection/age-group-eligibility/ and https://www.triathlonireland.com/get-involved/age-group-selection/application-procedure/
- Registration: through Triathlon Ireland account
- Registration Deadline: June 18th
Belgium
- Belgian athletes can register directly at the event website: https://www.decospantriatlonmenen.be/en/aquabike-european-championship-register
- Registration Deadline: July 10th
Poland
Unfortunately, I could not find any information about the registration process for athletes in Poland and my e-mail request remained unanswered. Please check the website of Polski Zwiazek Triathlonu to get in touch with your national federation.
Denmark
- Information: https://dtrifhoved.klub-modul.dk/cms/ProfileEventEnrollment.aspx?EventID=441
- Registration: https://dtrifhoved.klub-modul.dk/cms/ProfileEventEnrollment.aspx?EventID=441
- Registration Deadline: June 25th
Slowakia
- Information: https://www.triathlon.sk/me-multisport-ag-2023-menen-687
- Registration: email to Petra Králika: kralik@triathlon.sk
- Registration Deadline: July 10th
Portugal
- Information: https://www.federacao-triatlo.pt/ftp2015/age-groups/
- Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zh1-jkcYjHbYUbv9hNUDNXJJ0j648BM_39ipgDzGews/viewform?edit_requested=true
- Registration Deadline: June 1st
Switzerland
- Information: https://swisstriathlon.ch/delegationen-age-group/
- Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1txrsp0YorfIr94TNjxzuRq8liP6884MX6W2rS-zuafo/
- Registration Deadline: May 21st
Netherlands
- Information: https://www.triathlonbond.nl/meedoen/agegroupers/
- Registration: email to agegroups@triathlonbond.nl
- Registration Deadline: July 10th
Slowenia
- Information: https://triatlonslovenije.si/agegroup/
- Registration: email to Bojan Trojar: Bojan.Trojar@gmail.com
- Registration Deadline: July 10th
Czehia
- Information: https://triatlon.cz/podminky-startu-v-zavodech-world-triathlon-kategorii-age-group/
- Registration: email to Josef Dvořák: josef.dvorak@triatlon.cz
- Registration Deadline: July 10th
You missed the deadline?
You can contact your national federation to check, if there is still a way to register. But if you miss the deadline you can still take part in the open aquabike race. You might not be racing for championship medals but for pretty attractive cash prizes instead!