Christophe Rovira

DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC · FRA

Christophe is a swimmer from France, an international traveller on the circuit and an international championship swimmer, whose official competitive record spans 5 seasons, 6 years, 3 countries and 11 meets.

His recorded career begins in 2000 in Chalon-sur-saône, where he raced the 400 individual medley in 4:56.88. He started out alongside DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC.

His signature event is the 200 freestyle, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 100 freestyle and 400 freestyle. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 9 meets and 20 recorded swims.

His fastest 200 freestyle stands at 1:54.21, set in long course (50 m) at Nancy [nat].

His record includes the World Cup circuit, between 2001 and 2005 (FINA Swimming World Cup 2000-2001 and FINA Swimming World Cup 2004-2005). A representative mark at that level is 4:03.75 in the 400 freestyle, recorded in short course (25 m).

After a 2-year break between 2002 and 2004, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2004. 2005 is the busiest season on record, with 10 verified individual swims.

He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 3 countries (France, Australia and the United States), including 2 of 11 meets outside France.

Those meets span 10 different venues (Dunkerque, Nancy, Paris and Castres…). He has raced for French Swimming Federation and DAUPHINS TOULOUSE OEC.

Latest competition: CASTRES [REG] in Castres, on December 18, 2005, with 1 swim: 51.38 in the 100 freestyle, all in short course (25 m) and 1 PB improvement. He closes this record with 12 current event personal bests and 16 all-time PB improvements, across 23 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.

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