To mark the beginning of the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025, World Aquatics is proud to announce 11 legendary athletes who will serve as ambassadors for the event.
The 11 ambassadors include representatives from all five continents and all six aquatic sports. Together, they have won a combined 78 World Aquatics Championships medals and 36 Olympic medals.
Ambassadors will be on site throughout the World Aquatics Championships, and will help to enhance athlete and fan experience through a range of planned activations including workshops, clinics and meet and greets.
Your World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 ambassadors
Giorgio Minisini (Italy) served as a trailblazer for male inclusion in artistic swimming throughout his glittering career, and won 10 medals at the World Aquatics Championships dating back to 2015. He bowed out with gold in the Men’s Solo Free and silver in the Men’s Solo Technical at Doha 2024, and will help to inspire the next generation of artistic swimmers while in Singapore.
“I'm very excited to be a part of Singapore 2025 as an ambassador. Artistic swimming is growing around the world and I am sure we will see amazing competitions across all the events,” Minisini said.
"I am grateful to World Aquatics for giving me the opportunity to engage closely with the athletes: I will do my best to help them to make the most of their time in Singapore"
One of the greatest water polo players of all time in Filip Filipović (Serbia) will share his experiences and help to amplify interest in the water polo tournaments, as he successfully did as an ambassador for Doha 2024. He helped his country to win two World Aquatics Championships titles and two Olympic Games golds, in addition to a raft of individual honours.
“The water polo tournaments at the Olympic Games in Paris were hugely competitive, and this made our sport one of the most intriguing on the Olympic programme,” Filipović said.
"I am confident that the best athletes and the best teams in the world will deliver more exciting competition in Singapore"
History-making open water swimmers Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands) and Alice Dearing (Great Britain) have joined the ambassadors programme for Singapore 2025.
At last year’s Olympic Games in Paris, van Rouwendaal became the first-ever athlete to win two Olympic gold medals in the Women’s 10km, following a memorable double in the Women’s 5km and 10km at Doha 2024.
“After an incredible year in 2024, I am thrilled to have the chance to be in Singapore as an ambassador for the World Aquatics Championships,” van Rouwendaal said.
"This will be a different experience of a World Aquatics Championships for me, but it is great to be part of it to help raise the profile of Open Water Swimming"
Former world junior champion Dearing became the first black woman to represent Great Britain in swimming at an Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020. She is a passionate advocate for raising awareness of water-safety and drowning prevention, and encouraging aquatics participation in African, Caribbean and Asian communities in the UK.
“It is very exciting to be going to Singapore to serve as an ambassador for the World Aquatics Championships,” Dearing said.
"In particular, I am looking forward to discussing how we can use this platform to promote environmental sustainability – a topic that is close to the hearts of many athletes because it is vital for the ongoing success of aquatic sports"
Melissa Wu (Australia) is among a select group of divers to have competed at five Olympic Games, while Doha 2024 was her eighth appearance at a World Aquatics Championships. With three World Aquatics Championships and two Olympic medals to her name, she will serve as a renowned representative of diving on the ambassador programme for Singapore 2025.
"The World Aquatics Championships is an incredible event for all athletes, and I am honoured to be a part of it once again as an ambassador for diving"
"This can truly inspire the next generation of divers, and I am confident Singapore 2025 will again serve as a showcase of rising standards in our sport around the world,” Wu said.
In high diving, Alain Kohl (Luxembourg) will lead on the masterclasses and sessions planned for athletes during Singapore 2025. During his career, he competed at World Aquatics events spanning nearly 20 years from 2004 to 2023.
"High diving promises to be one of the highlights of Singapore 2025, and it is incredible to have such a wonderful setting for the competition at the World Aquatics Championships"
Five swimmers round off the list of ambassadors for Singapore 2025 to further boost the excitement for the swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships Arena.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Netherlands) won a remarkable 17 medals at the World Aquatics Championships throughout her career, which also featured highlights such as the Women’s 50m and 100m Freestyle double at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
“Having the world’s best swimmers competing here is going to help inspire the next generation around the world. The global standard of swimming is incredible, and I am sure we will see more stars emerge in Singapore,” Kromowidjojo said.
"It is going to be an unforgettable event, and I am very pleased to be a part of it as an ambassador"
Cate Campbell (Australia) and Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) both won 12 medals at the World Aquatics Championships, in addition to eight and seven Olympic medals respectively.
Chad Le Clos (South Africa) is his country’s most successful male Olympian with four medals and also won seven World Aquatics Championships medals, while the career of Anthony Ervin (United States of America) was marked for its incredible longevity as he won three World Aquatics Championships 12 years apart at Fukuoka 2001 and Barcelona 2013, and three Olympic golds 16 years apart at Sydney 2000 and Rio 2016.
"The World Aquatics Championships is always a special event for any athlete, and I am delighted to be part of Singapore 2025 as an ambassador," Le Clos said.
"I hope I can use my role to help both athletes and fans have the best experience possible"
Athlete activities at Singapore 2025
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