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Luis is a swimmer from Spain, a collegiate competitor and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 13 seasons, 24 years, 3 countries and 113 meets.
His recorded career begins in 1999 in Gelsenkirchen, where he raced the 1500 freestyle in 15:23.30.
His signature event is the 100 freestyle, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. Freestyle is the backbone of the whole record: 93 meets and 149 recorded swims.
His fastest 100 freestyle stands at 58.07, set in long course (50 m) at Mairena del Aljarafe.
His record includes the World Cup circuit, in 1999 (FINA Swimming World Cup 1998-1999). A representative mark at that level is 15:23.30 in the 1500 freestyle, recorded in short course (25 m).
After a 12-year break between 1999 and 2011, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2011. 2018 is the busiest season on record, with 36 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 3 countries (Spain, Germany and Italy), including 2 of 113 meets outside Spain.
Those meets span 9 different venues (Granada, Málaga, Cádiz and Madrid…). He has raced for UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA.
Latest competition: BERJA, on April 30, 2022, with 3 swims: 26.73 in the 50 freestyle, 2:05.56 in the 200 freestyle and 4:34.27 in the 400 freestyle, all in short course (25 m). He closes this record with 29 current event personal bests and 230 all-time PB improvements, across 287 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN and World Aquatics.