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Hugo is a swimmer from Spain, a backstroke specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 13 seasons, 17 countries and 130 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2014, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 400 freestyle in 4:00.87, raced in Spanish Winter Junior National Championships (50m). He started out alongside A. D. NAUT. DE NARON.
His signature event is the 100 backstroke, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 backstroke and 200 individual medley. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 97 meets and 181 recorded swims.
His fastest 100 backstroke stands at 52.70, set in long course (50 m) at World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024.
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 52.73 in the 100 backstroke, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in world championships, the World Cup circuit, continental championships, national championships and international meets.
The record runs unbroken from 2014 to 2026: 13 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2025 is the busiest season on record, with 74 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 17 countries (Spain, the United States, UNK, Hungary, France, Australia, Japan, Brazil, China, the United Kingdom, Israel, South Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates), including 57 of 130 meets outside Spain.
Those meets span 37 different venues (A Gándara, J. Gómez Noya, Hun and San Antonio…). He has raced for 8 clubs, led by Cercle des Nageurs Marseille, DAUPHINS LES PENNES-MIRABEAU, Club Internacional de Tenis and Nansemond Suffolk Academy.
Still active: the directory includes official activity in the 2026 season. The last race on record is dated July 12, 2026 in Cádiz, with 2 swims: 29.40 in the 50 backstroke and 29.52 in the 50 backstroke, all in long course (50 m). He holds 44 current event personal bests and 138 all-time PB improvements across 410 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN, World Aquatics, USA Swimming and European Aquatics.