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Marco is a swimmer from Germany, a breaststroke specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 18 seasons, 34 countries and 166 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2007, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 1500 freestyle in 15:49.08, raced in Dubai.
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: 166 meets and 417 recorded swims.
His best 200 breaststroke time in long course (50 m) is 2:00.58, set in 2020 at ISL 2020 Season - Match 6.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, between 2012 and 2021 (Olympic Games London 2012 and Olympic Games Rio 2016). A representative mark at that level is 2:08.00 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 2007 to 2024: 18 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2016 is the busiest season on record, with 63 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 34 countries (Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Spain, Monaco, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, RUS, Slovakia, Belgium, Finland, Japan, Norway, Brazil, China, Denmark, Serbia, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Israel, South Korea, Mexico, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Singapore, Türkiye and the United States), including 127 of 166 meets outside Germany.
Those meets span 64 different venues (Berlin, Luxembourg, Budapest and Stockholm…). He has raced for SG Frankfurt.
Still active: the directory includes official activity in the 2026 season. His most recent recorded season is 2026. He holds 16 current event personal bests and 70 all-time PB improvements across 458 verified official swims in competitions governed by World Aquatics.