Eight young British waterskiers will represent their country at the IWWF Europe & Africa Under-21 Championships.

The competition takes place at Waterski Vienna, on the outskirts of the Austrian capital, from Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 August.

Most in the squad have recently returned from Canada where they represented GB at the World Under-21 Waterski Championships near Calgary. Then it was the British Nationals at Gosfield in Essex where they picked up a stash of titles and medals.

Six of the athletes will make up the GB Team while two are competing as wildcards.

Lilli Deste. Photo Chris Yates.

THE SQUAD

Tom Parkin (20) will compete in slalom, tricks and jump. Tom is the 2025 British Under 21 men’s overall champion after winning gold in jump and tricks and bronze in slalom.

Will Shanahan (20) will compete in slalom, tricks and jump. He is the 2025 British Under 21 overall silver medallist after winning silver in jump and slalom and bronze in tricks.

Noah Pollard (19) will compete in slalom, tricks and jump.

Lilli Deste (20) will compete in slalom, tricks and jump. She is the 2025 British Under 21 women’s overall champion after winning gold in jump, silver in tricks and bronze in slalom.

Harrison Crossland (18) will compete in slalom and tricks. He is the 2025 British Under 21 men’s silver medallist in tricks.

Molly Lee (21) will compete in slalom and tricks. She is the 2025 British Under 21 women’s tricks champion and silver medallist in slalom. 

Jessie Schute (21) will compete in slalom as a wildcard. She is the 2025 British Under 21 women’s slalom champion.

Anna Morris (21) will compete in slalom as a wildcard.

Will Shanahan. Photo James Elliott

You can find the schedule and follow the results live here. 

The competition will be livestreamed by The Waterski Broadcasting Company.