Apostolos Papastamos won an historic gold medal as he became the first Greek swimmer to win the 400m individual medley at the European Aquatics Championships Belgrade 2024.

Israel and Lithuania also made history as they claimed their first European relay titles in the women’s and men’s 4x200m freestyle respectively at the Sports and Recreational Center Milan Gale Muškatirović.

Papastamos, the 2019 World and European Junior champion, went from third at the end of the butterfly leg to first after the backstroke in which he split 1:04.44 to…