Only in his sixth start at the European Championships in Kocaeli, Turkey, did Czech paraswimmer David Kratochvíl find a winner. In the 100-meter breaststroke, the eighteen-year-old blind representative was defeated by Spaniard Albert Gelis, who won gold in a world record. Kratochvíl thus bids farewell to the championship by winning silver. Agáta Koupilová won another silver in the toughest 200-meter freestyle.
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Only in his sixth start at the European Championships in Kocaeli, Turkey, did Czech paraswimmer David Kratochvíl find a winner. In the 100-meter breaststroke, the eighteen-year-old blind representative was defeated by Spaniard Albert Gelis, who won gold in a world record. Kratochvíl thus bids farewell to the championship by winning silver. Agáta Koupilová won another silver in the toughest 200-meter freestyle.