Club Natación Barcelona · ESP
Arbidel is a swimmer from Spain, a butterfly specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 15 seasons, 24 years, 17 countries and 192 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2003, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 50 freestyle in 35.94, raced in Oviedo.
His signature event is the 200 butterfly, his reference distance in butterfly, ahead of the 100 butterfly and 50 butterfly. Butterfly is the backbone of the whole record: 142 meets and 365 recorded swims.
His best 200 butterfly time in long course (50 m) is 1:54.97, set in 2026 at Paris (fra).
His record includes continental championships, in 2025 (European Aquatics Championships (25m)). A representative mark at that level is 23.84 in the 50 butterfly, recorded in short course (25 m). He also appears in national championships.
After a 10-year break between 2003 and 2013, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2013.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 17 countries (Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Singapore, the United States, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Japan, Monaco and Poland), including 38 of 192 meets outside Spain.
Those meets span 39 different venues (Barcelona, Sabadell, Castellón and Edinburgh…). He has raced for 5 clubs, led by Spanish Swimming Federation, Club Natación Santa Olaya, Club Natación Barcelona and C. N. Ciudad De Oviedo.
Still active: the directory includes official activity in the 2026 season. The last race on record is dated June 25, 2026. He holds 33 current event personal bests and 319 all-time PB improvements across 676 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN, World Aquatics and European Aquatics.