Press Releases

2025

Germany 15.07.2025: MLC Honorary Member, Dr Klaus Wlikens, passed away

World 18.07.2025: Visionaries That Strengthened the Concept of Including Lifesaving in the Olympic Games

World 17.07.2025: The Wave of Change: Why Lifesaving Deserves a Place at Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games!

World 22.05.2025: Happy Birthday Dr Harald Vervaecke

2024

Mediterranean 29.07.2024: The 1st Mediterranean Championships 

 Mediterranean 31.07.2024: Dr Harald Vervaecke salutes the 1st MLC Championships 2024

Mediterranean 15.07.2024: The 1st Mediterranean Championships dedicated to John Martin

Mediterranean 17.06.2024: MLC Honorary Member Brent Rutemiller passed away

Mediterranean 14.052024: Dr Vicky Bafataki becomes an MLC Honorary Member

Mediterranean 14.052024: Announcement: 1st Mediterranean Lifesaving Championships 2024

Mediterranean 11.052024: Steven Munatones becomes an MLC Honorary Member

Mediterranean 11.052024: Brent Rutemiller becomes an MLC Honorary Member

Mediterranean 07.05.2024: The International Swimming Hall of Fame endorses the MLC Champs 

Mediterranean 28.04.2024: Dr Shaybe Bajker becomes an MLC Honorary Member

Mediterranean 27.04.2024: Greg Allum AM becomes an MLC Honorary Member

Mediterranean 25.04.2024: Karel Logghe becomes an MLC Honorary Member

Mediterranean 24.04.2024: Leslie Donavan becomes an MLC Honorary Member

Mediterranean 24.04.2024: Dr Kevin Moran becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member

Mediterranean 24.04.2024: Dr Tom Griffiths becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member

Mediterranean 24.04.2024: Sonny Tanabe OLY becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member

Mediterranean 21.04.2024: Robert Stallman becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member

Mediterranean 21.04.2024:  John Long becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member

Mediterranean 20.04.2024: The journey of bringing lifesaving at the Olympics started

Mediterranean 17.04.2024:  Dr. Klaus Wilkens becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member

Mediterranean 17.04.2024:  Dr.  Bill Kent becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member 

Mediterranean 17.04.2024: Floods and Shipwrecks at the Mediterranean basin

Mediterranean 13.04.2024:  Dr. Harald Vervaecke becomes an MLC Honorary Life Member

Mediterranean 21/03/2024:  Position Statement: MLC against enhanced games

Athens, Greece 15-17/02/2024:  Mediterranean experts met at the ILSE Commission Meeting

World 24/02/2024: The ILS recognized the MLC

2023

Athens 27/12/2023.  MLC leadership at the digital GLSA Lifesaving Sport Museum

Belgium 21/09/2023. MLC met at LEC 2023

Dafni, Greece 15/10/2023. MLC at the International Lifesaving Symposium

Greece 20-21/05/2023. MLC at the International Symposium on Lifesaving as an Olympic sport

2022

Riccione, Italy 26/09/2022. Inaugural meeting of the Mediterranean Lifesaving Confederation