Maria Claro Martinez

ESP

Maria is a swimmer from Spain, a butterfly specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 11 seasons, 5 countries and 106 meets.

Her recorded career begins in 2011, and one of her earliest marks still on file is the 50 breaststroke in 52.85, raced in Antequera. She started out alongside C.N. MIJAS.

Her signature event is the 200 butterfly, the event she has raced the most, followed by the 100 butterfly and 800 freestyle. Butterfly is where her specialisation lies (81 meets), while freestyle appears in more meets (90 meets and 214 recorded swims spread across 9 different distances) because she races it across the full distance range rather than as a main event.

Her best 200 butterfly time in long course (50 m) is 2:13.44, set in 2019 at Sabadell.

The record runs unbroken from 2011 to 2021: 11 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2017 is the busiest season on record, with 100 verified individual swims.

She is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 5 countries (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta and RUS), including 6 of 106 meets outside Spain.

Those meets span 13 different venues (Málaga, Cádiz, Barcelona and Sabadell…). She has raced for C.N.MAIRENA ALJARAFE, FED. ANDALUCIA, C.N. CHURRIANA and C.N. MIJAS.

The last race on record is dated December 19, 2021 in Córdoba, with 2 swims: 2:10.40 in the 200 freestyle and 4:33.23 in the 400 freestyle, all in short course (25 m). She closes this record with 33 current event personal bests and 286 all-time PB improvements, across 500 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN and World Aquatics.

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