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Ethan is a swimmer from Slovenia, a collegiate competitor and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 12 seasons, 14 years, 3 countries and 117 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2012, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 50 freestyle in 37.22, raced in MR NYSA April Record Breaker. He started out alongside New York Sharks Aquatics.
His signature event is the 100 breaststroke, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 individual medley and 200 breaststroke. Breaststroke is the backbone of the whole record: 72 meets and 137 recorded swims.
His fastest 100 breaststroke stands at 1:11.85, set in long course (50 m) at Iowa Swimming Long Course Championships.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, between 2016 and 2018 (Middle Atlantic Junior Olympic Age Group Championships and Middle Atlantic Junior Olympic Long Course Championships). A representative mark at that level is 2:35.30 in the 200 backstroke, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in collegiate championships and international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2023 and 2025, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2025. 2019 is the busiest season on record, with 109 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 3 countries (the United States, UNK and Germany), most often in the United States (107 meets).
Those meets span 33 different venues (Iowa City, Kenosha, Lancaster and West Nyack…). He has raced for 6 clubs, led by Carthage College, Friends Central Aquatics, New York Sharks Aquatics and Savannah Swim Team.
Latest competition: 29. International Sindelfingen Championships in Sindelfingen, on March 23, 2025, with 3 swims: 31.18 in the 50 freestyle, 3:16.45 in the 200 breaststroke and 2:35.68 in the 200 freestyle, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 41 current event personal bests and 204 all-time PB improvements, across 522 verified official swims in competitions governed by NCAA.