Filip SVOBODA

SlPl · CZE

Filip is a swimmer from Czechia, a butterfly specialist and a sprinter, whose official competitive record spans 4 seasons, 6 years, 2 countries and 14 meets.

His recorded career begins in 2019 in Regensburg, where he raced the 200 butterfly in 3:23.51. He started out alongside Plavecký klub Slávia VŠ Plzeň z.s..

His signature event is the 100 butterfly, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 butterfly and 50 butterfly. Butterfly is the backbone of the whole record: 12 meets and 23 recorded swims.

His fastest 100 butterfly stands at 1:19.62, set in long course (50 m) at Plzeň - Slovany.

His record includes international meets, in 2024 (Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem, Ústí n.L., CZE). A representative mark at that level is 31.98 in the 50 backstroke, recorded in long course (50 m).

After a 2-year break between 2022 and 2024, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2024. 2020 is the busiest season on record, with 17 verified individual swims.

He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 2 countries (UNK and Czechia), including 13 of 14 meets outside Czechia.

Those meets span 7 different venues (Plzeň - Lochotín, Plzeň - Slovany, Domažlice and Regensburg…). He has raced for Sportclub 2020 Hradec Králové and SlPl.

Latest competition: Grand Prix in Ústí nad Labem in Ústí N.l., on March 17, 2024, with 2 swims: 31.98 in the 50 backstroke and 1:16.36 in the 100 breaststroke, all in long course (50 m) and 1 PB improvement. He closes this record with 21 current event personal bests and 31 all-time PB improvements, across 40 verified official swims.

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