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Filip Nowacki
Personal information
Nationality Great Britain
Jersey
Born (2007-10-01) 1 October 2007 (age 18)
Jersey, Channel Islands
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubMillfield & Tigers Jersey
CoachKeiron Piper
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2026 Paris200 m breaststroke
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Otopeni100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2025 Otopeni200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2025 Otopeni4 x 100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2025 Otopeni4 x 100 m mixed medley
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Šamorín100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2025 Šamorín200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2025 Šamorín4 x 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2025 Šamorín4 x 100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place2025 Šamorín50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2024 Vilnius200 m breaststroke
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place2023 Maribor200 m breaststroke
Representing  Jersey
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Glasgow200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2026 Glasgow100 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Trinbago50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2023 Trinbago100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2023 Trinbago200 m breaststroke
Island Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney100 m ind. medley
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney200 m ind. medley
Gold medal – first place2025 Orkney4 x 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2025 Orkney4 x 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2025 Orkney4 x 50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2025 Orkney4 x 50 m mixed medley

Filip Nowacki (born 1 October 2007) is a British competitive swimmer who specialises in breaststroke. Representing Great Britain, he won gold medals in both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at the 2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania, setting multiple records in the process. In the same year, he won four gold medals at the 2025 European Junior Swimming Championships in Šamorín, Slovakia, and eight gold medals, representing Jersey, at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney.[1][2][3][4][5]

At the 2026 Commonwealth Games, he won the first ever swimming medal for Jersey with silver in the men's 100 metre breaststroke. The following day he won Jersey's first gold in the pool, winning the men's 200 metre breaststroke.

Career

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Nowacki started training with Tigers Jersey and is now coached at Millfield by Keiron Piper. He first gained international attention at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor, Slovenia, where he won silver in the 200 m breaststroke, before winning three medals at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. During this period, he was still training at Tigers Jersey under Nathan Jegou.

In July 2025, Nowacki won gold in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2025 European Junior Swimming Championships in Šamorín, Slovakia, breaking the European junior record with a time of 2:08.32, before completing the double by winning the 100 m breaststroke. He won two further gold medals swimming the breaststroke leg in the medley and mixed medley relays.

At the 2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships, Nowacki delivered standout performances:[6][7][8]

  • On 20 August, he won the 100 m breaststroke in 59.20 seconds, breaking his own British age group record.[5]
  • On 22 August, he claimed gold in the 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:07.32, setting a new Championship, British age group, and European junior record.

He defeated Japan's Shin Ohashi in both finals, who holds the World Junior Record in the 100 m breaststroke.[2]

During the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Nowacki won Jersey's first medal since 1990 with a silver in the 100m breaststroke.[9] During the same event, Nowacki won a gold in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:07.87, becoming Jersey's most decorated athlete at the commonwealth games and winning Jersey's first gold medal since 1990.[10]

In August 2026, during the 2026 European Aquatics Championships, Nowacki won a gold medal in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:07.70.[11]

Records

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As of August 2025, Nowacki holds:

  • British age group record (17 years) – 100 m breaststroke: 59.20[5]
  • British age group record (17 years) – 200 m breaststroke: 2:07.32
  • European junior record – 200 m breaststroke: 2:07.32

Personal life

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Nowacki was born in Jersey to Polish parents.[12] He represents Great Britain in international competitions, and Jersey at the Island Games and the Commonwealth and Commonwealth Youth Games. He is known for his strong back-half splits and tactical race execution, particularly in the 200 m breaststroke.[citation needed]

Personal bests

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Long course (50 m pool)
EventTimeDateLocation
100 m breaststroke59.2020 August 2025Otopeni, Romania
200 m breaststroke2:07.3222 August 2025Otopeni, Romania

Achievements

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References

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  1. ↑ "Filip Nowacki – World Aquatics Profile". World Aquatics. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Otopeni 2025: Britain's Nowacki wins second world junior title". European Aquatics. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Filip Nowacki Lowers His Own British Age Group Record in 100 Breast in 59.20". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Filip Nowacki: Jersey swimmer wins 100m breaststroke gold at World Junior Championships". BBC Sport. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Filip Nowacki: The 'unassuming' swimming star taking the 2025 island Games by storm". BBC Sport. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "17-Year-Old Filip Nowacki Rips 2:08.32 In 200 Breast To Lower Own European Junior Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Aquatics GB Summer Championships: Day Five". Aquatics GB. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jersey swimmer becomes double World Junior champion". ITV News. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Filip Nowacki: Jersey swimmer wins island's first medal at Commonwealth Games since 1990". BBC Sport. 25 July 2026. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Filip Nowacki: Jersey swimmer wins 200m breaststroke gold at Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. 28 July 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  11. 1 2 "GB teenager Filip Nowacki wins dramatic European gold in 200m breaststroke". BBC Sport. 13 August 2026. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  12. ↑ Coverdale, David (24 June 2026). "Filip Nowacki exclusive: The rising British breaststroke star who wants to follow in the footsteps of Adam Ramsay-Peaty". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
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