Warrender Ba · GBR
Kristopher is a swimmer from the United Kingdom, a breaststroke specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 8 seasons, 15 countries and 28 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2005, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 50 butterfly in 25.24, raced in Sydney.
His signature event is the 200 breaststroke, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 100 breaststroke and 50 breaststroke. Breaststroke is the backbone of the whole record: 28 meets and 57 recorded swims.
His fastest 200 breaststroke stands at 2:09.01, set in long course (50 m) at 13th FINA World Championships 2009.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, in 2008 (Olympic Games Beijing 2008). A representative mark at that level is 2:10.27 in the 200 breaststroke, 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 2005 to 2012: 8 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2009 is the busiest season on record, with 14 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 15 countries (the United Kingdom, Australia, China, Hungary, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Türkiye and UNK), including 20 of 28 meets outside the United Kingdom.
Those meets span 22 different venues (Sheffield, Berlin, Beijing and Budapest…). He has raced for Warrender Ba.
Latest competition: British Gas Swimming Championships 2012 in London, on March 3, 2012, with 3 swims: 28.72 in the 50 breaststroke, 1:01.14 in the 100 breaststroke and 2:11.73 in the 200 breaststroke, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 10 current event personal bests and 30 all-time PB improvements, across 68 verified official swims in competitions governed by Aquatics GB and World Aquatics.