August
Swimmer Filip Nowacki became a two time World European Swimming Champion and record breaker at the World Aquatic Junior Championships in Romania. He first won the 100m breaststroke in a junior British record time – in doing so beating the current world record holder – then a few days later the 200m breaststroke final. In doing so he broke the Championship, British age group, and European junior records.
July
In July Filip swam helped Great Britain top the leaderboard at the European Junior Championships with golds in the 100m and 200m individual breaststroke before helping Britain win gold in the mixed 4x100m medley.
Jersey Sports Council Awards
Filip is the JSC 2024 Sports Person of the year, as voted by the public. He was also the winner of the 2024 Under 18 Sporting Achievement Award.