C.N. Terrassa · ESP
Hugo is a swimmer from Spain, an Olympian and a backstroke specialist, whose official competitive record spans 16 seasons, 12 countries and 217 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2011 in Madrid, where he raced the 50 freestyle in 25.80. He started out alongside C.D. COVIBAR RIVAS.
His signature event is the 200 backstroke, his reference distance in backstroke, ahead of the 100 backstroke and 50 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 163 meets and 507 recorded swims.
In long course (50 m), he went from 2:13.82 in 2013 to a best of 1:51.20 in 2025 (LXVIII Cto de España Absoluto): 22.62 seconds gained in the 200 backstroke.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, between 2015 and 2024 (European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 and Olympic Games Rio 2016). A representative mark at that level is 1:55.47 in the 200 backstroke, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in world championships, the World Cup circuit, continental championships, national championships, collegiate championships and international meets.
The record runs unbroken from 2011 to 2026: 16 consecutive seasons without a single missing year.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 12 countries (Spain, the United States, UNK, Hungary, Brazil, France, GEO, Greece, Poland, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands), including 75 of 217 meets outside Spain.
Those meets span 79 different venues (Madrid, Barcelona, Sabadell and Berkeley…). He has raced for 8 clubs, led by Auburn University, A.D. RIVAS NATACIÓN, California Aquatics and Cercle des Nageurs Marseille.
Still active: the directory includes official activity in the 2026 season. The last race on record is dated August 16, 2026. He holds 50 current event personal bests and 341 all-time PB improvements across 1224 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN, World Aquatics, USA Swimming, European Aquatics and NCAA.