Marta Beesmans Barquero

ESP

Marta is a swimmer from Spain, a backstroke specialist and a collegiate competitor, whose official competitive record spans 14 seasons, 5 countries and 150 meets.

Her recorded career begins in 2012, and one of her earliest marks still on file is the 100 breaststroke in 1:31.00, raced in Arganda_madrid. She started out alongside C.D. GREDOS SAN DIEGO.

Her signature event is the 100 backstroke, the event she has raced the most, followed by the 200 backstroke and 50 backstroke. Backstroke is the backbone of the whole record: 112 meets and 339 recorded swims.

Her fastest 100 backstroke stands at 1:02.53, set in long course (50 m) at Sabadell.

Her record includes national championships, between 2020 and 2021 (Campeonato España Absoluto and XXI Spanish National Championships, SABADELL, ESP). A representative mark at that level is 29.45 in the 50 backstroke, recorded in long course (50 m). She also appears in collegiate championships and international meets.

The record runs unbroken from 2012 to 2025: 14 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2018 is the busiest season on record, with 69 verified individual swims.

She is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 5 countries (Spain, the United States, Switzerland, Italy and UNK), including 34 of 150 meets outside Spain.

Those meets span 27 different venues (Madrid, Charlotte, Castellón and Sabadell…). She has raced for 5 clubs, led by University of Houston, Wingate University, Real Canoe Natación Club and Club Deportivo Gredos San Diego.

Latest competition: NCAA Division II Championship in Indianapolis, on March 11, 2025, with 4 swims: 55.01 in the 100 backstroke, 55.17 in the 100 backstroke and 1:59.45 in the 200 backstroke, all in short course yards (25 yd). She closes this record with 34 current event personal bests and 279 all-time PB improvements, across 593 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN and NCAA.

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