MARIO GARCIA-MIGUEL CESTEROS

ESP

Mario is a swimmer from Spain, a sprinter and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 14 seasons, 2 countries and 145 meets.

His recorded career begins in 2012 in Toledo, where he raced the 25 butterfly in 54.44. He started out alongside C.N. MADRIDEJOS.

His signature event is the 100 butterfly, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 50 butterfly and 100 freestyle. Butterfly is the backbone of the whole record: 86 meets and 109 recorded swims.

His fastest 100 butterfly stands at 1:00.02, set in long course (50 m) at Castellón.

His record includes international meets, between 2022 and 2023 (Arena Lisbon International Meeting, Lisboa, POR and ARENA Lisbon International, Lisboa, POR). A representative mark at that level is 1:02.19 in the 100 butterfly, recorded in long course (50 m).

The record runs unbroken from 2012 to 2025: 14 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2023 is the busiest season on record, with 59 verified individual swims.

He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 2 countries (Spain and Portugal), including 2 of 145 meets outside Spain.

Those meets span 6 different venues (Toledo, Madrid, Castellón and Lisbon…). He has raced for C.D. TOLEDO MONTEVERDE, C.N. CIUDAD REAL, C.N. MADRIDEJOS and C.N. VALDEPEÑAS.

His most recent recorded season is 2025. He closes this record with 29 current event personal bests and 238 all-time PB improvements, across 367 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN.

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