Mauro Ortega Torregimeno

Club Natación Sitges · ESP

Mauro is a swimmer from Spain, a butterfly specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 8 seasons, 13 years, 2 countries and 74 meets.

His recorded career begins in 2012 in 1lc Alevina Igualada, where he raced the 50 freestyle in 37.05. He started out alongside C.N. SITGES.

His signature event is the 200 butterfly, his reference distance in butterfly, ahead of the 100 butterfly and 50 butterfly. Butterfly is the backbone of the whole record: 47 meets and 91 recorded swims.

In long course (50 m), he went from 2:35.83 in 2014 to a best of 2:18.14 in 2017 (Lleida): 17.69 seconds gained in the 200 butterfly.

After a 6-year break between 2018 and 2024, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2024.

He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 2 countries (Spain and UNK), including 5 of 74 meets outside Spain.

Those meets span 22 different venues (Sitges, Igualada, Terrassa and Barcelona…). He has raced for Laredo Vortex Aquatics, Laredo Alexander High School and C.N. SITGES.

Latest competition: ST HPAC Harvest Invitational, on October 20, 2024. He closes this record with 38 current event personal bests and 135 all-time PB improvements, across 224 verified official swims in competitions governed by RFEN.

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