Manchester announced as host city for 2023 Para Swimming World Championships
The 11th edition of the Para Swimming World Championships will take place in Manchester, Great Britain from 31 July to 6 August 2023, World Para Swimming and British Swimming announced on Monday (14 February).
Taking place at the Manchester Aquatics Centre, home of the British Para Swimming National Performance Centre, the event is being hosted in partnership with UK Sport and Manchester City Council and will be the first time the city has hosted this world-class competition.
Manchester 2023 will be the third time the World Championships have taken place in Great Britain following London in 2019 and Glasgow in 2015. London 2019 welcomed 637 swimmers from 73 nations to a thrilling event which saw 188 records broken, including 39 world records.
This event follows the rescheduled Madeira 2022 Worlds set to take place in June. The 10th edition was moved from 2021 to 2022 to avoid clashing with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which were delayed a year by the global COVID pandemic.
Craig Nicholson, Head of World Para Swimming, said: “We are extremely happy to share the news that Manchester will host the 2023 World Championships. The Manchester Aquatics Centre is a fantastic venue and the city’s tradition in hosting great sporting events speaks for itself. We look forward to a remarkable event in a country with a true passion for Para swimming as we witnessed during Glasgow 2015 and London 2019.”