ANDREA LALIENA RUBIO

ESP

Andrea is a swimmer from Spain, a backstroke specialist and a sprinter, whose official competitive record spans 12 seasons, 2 countries and 162 meets.

Her recorded career begins in 2008, and one of her earliest marks still on file is the 200 individual medley in 2:36.26, raced in Zaragoza (c).

Her signature event is the 100 backstroke, her reference distance in backstroke, ahead of the 50 backstroke and 200 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 130 meets and 458 recorded swims.

Her fastest 100 backstroke stands at 1:07.17, set in long course (50 m).

Her record includes collegiate championships, between 2017 and 2019 (2017 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships). A representative mark at that level is 56.33 in the 100 backstroke, recorded in short course yards (25 yd).

The record runs unbroken from 2008 to 2019: 12 consecutive seasons without a single missing year.

She is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 2 countries (Spain and the United States), including 43 of 162 meets outside Spain.

Those meets span 23 different venues (Riverside, Malibu, La Mirada and Claremont…). She has raced for 5 clubs, led by California Baptist University, Irvine Novaquatics, Santa Margarita Catholic High School and A.D. ZOITI 89-JACA.

Latest competition: Western Athletic Conference Championships, on March 2, 2019. She closes this record with 41 current event personal bests and 191 all-time PB improvements, across 736 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN and NCAA.

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